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RE: Stupid question yet I am unsure of the ethics here...
Subject:RE: Stupid question yet I am unsure of the ethics here... From:"Swallow, William" <WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:47:54 -0400
I always ask permission to showcase portions of the work I have performed,
regardless of the reason. I also don't distribute the documents
electronically... I walk in with them, and I walk out with them. Just my
take on this.
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Okay a friend of mine (who is not a tech writer and works in a completley
different field than I do) asked me to send him a copy of a user manual I
created so he could possibly show it to the tech writers he works with
(he's trying to help me find a job).
Is this ethical to do? I have no idea. Do I have to remove all screen
shots and change the name of the application? technically, i wrote the
manual, but clearly it belongs to the client. Can I use a document I have
written as part of my work portfolio as it is now, or do I need to change
names and facts of the material?
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