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Kathy King wants to document "another company's hardware,"
but has little to go on. She asks, "Can I use their
description? Do I have to reword it, or can I use it 'as
is'? Does this fall under copywrite law or something?"
Yes, this most certainly "falls under [copyright] law."
Chances are that the other firm would agree to allow you to
quote from or paraphrase their copyrighted material. But
you first need to secure their *written permission.* Your
company's legal department should be able to handle this
for you.
Michael Hyatt
Technical Editor
mhyatt -at- esri -dot- com
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