discuss: Command-line reference (summary) and some other documentation
Subject:
Re: Command-line reference (summary) and some other documentation
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
5 Feb 2003 03:32:20 -0000
Message-Id: <20030205022733.GA3245@lafn.org>
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:46:03PM +1100, Guru - wrote:
> Since I'm on the subject of copyright, how do I properly reference when I
> have used someone else's material within my document.
> Also, how strict are copyright rules? In some sections of my document I've
> simply edited someone else's words, (as in 1 to 2 sentences). Is it
> an infringement of copyright to use this person's ten or twenty words in my
> document? Do I need to rewrite it in my own words? (The original author may
> not even recognise it when they see it.........).
If it's only 10 or 20 words, then it shouldn't be much trouble to
put it into your own words. Facts are not subject to copyright. Only
the expression of them is.
David Lawyer
