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RE: Requoting other companies' docs in your own docs
Subject:RE: Requoting other companies' docs in your own docs From:bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:34:50 -0600
You definitely need to contact the other company for permission unless the
information is extremely short and can fall under the "fair use" provisions
of the copyright law.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bevan Mccabe [mailto:BMccabe -at- ALTIO -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:06 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Requoting other companies' docs in your own docs
1. Copy the instructions directly from the other companies manuals - just
the relevant parts and nothing else.
Problems: I don't know whether I can legally do this. Do I need to ask those
companies' permission, or just put a note in that these have been copied? I
am writing in the UK, but copying from US manuals intended for a US
audience. My product is intended for a US audience.
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