Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Montag, den 30.01.2006, 00:42 -0800 schrieb Walter Landry: > > Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, the end of the file says > > > > (c) Copyright 2002,2003 by ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved > > > > which means that you can't use the text in that file for anything. > > But if you got your information by synthesizing many different > > sources, including that file, you should be fine. > > I used a lot of sources, but also this file. Shall I better still ask > ATI for permissions to use the contents of this file?
Looking at your man page, I don't think you need to bother. It would be nice to ask them in any case, though, since more free documentation is always good. <snip> > Ok. Here my suggestion: > > /------------------ > > Copyright (C) .... > > All rights reserved. > > > > Redistribution and use in source (the preferred form of modification, such > > as > > XML DocBook) and other forms (SGML, HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF, Groff and so > > forth) with or without modification, are permitted provided that the > > following conditions are met: > > > > 1. Redistributions of source (the preferred form of modification, such as > > XML DocBook) code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of > > conditions and the following disclaimer. > > > > 2. Redistributions in other forms (transformed to other DTDs, converted > > to PDF, PostScript, RTF, Groff and other formats) must reproduce the > > above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following > > disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with > > the distribution. > > > > 3. Neither the name of the copyright owner nor the nor the names of its > > contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from > > this software without specific prior written permission. > > > > THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS > > IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > > THE > > IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE > > ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE > > LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR > > CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF > > SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS > > INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN > > CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) > > ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF > > THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > \------------------ > > I included your suggestions and changed "documentation" to "software" in > item 3.) of the conditions list. Better? Better. The no-warranty clause should also say "software" instead of "documentation". Otherwise, I think you're good to go. Cheers, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
