Dear Elizabeth, Thank you for your explanations. You have my permission to copy parts of the LINKAGE documentation as found on the web site, directory and relevant sub-directories of:
http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/soft/linkage/ and distribute them with the FASTLINK implementation of the LINKAGE suite of tools. Jurg On 18 Apr 2003, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Dear Professor Ott, > > The FASTLINK package that would use some of your documentation > would be part of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution which is available > for free on the internet and is freely copyable but one may charge a > fee to make copies if he or she wants. > > Debian has prepared a web page that describes this further: > > http://www.debian.org/intro/free > > When a user installs the FASTLINK package, the manual pages are > installed along with the programs (i.e. binary executables) themselves > and there are no extra fees involved. > > In short, if a user has access to the internet, then there are no > fees involved. On the other hand, if a user needs to purchase Compact > Disks of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution to install on his or her > computer, for example, then there may be a fee for the disks and > service of copying the software but these are usually small. > > This web page goes into more detail and provides links to vendors: > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/ > > Thank you, > > Elizabeth > > Jurg Ott writes: > > > Dear Ms. Barham, > > > > May I first ask a question -- will people have free access to these > > documents or are there any fees involved? > > > > Jurg Ott > > > > > > On 17 Apr 2003, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > > > > > Dear Professor Ott, > > > > > > In an effort to distribute the FASTLINK implementation of the > > > LINKAGE suite of computer tools to the UNIX environment as part of the > > > Debian GNU/Linux distribution, some of us are writing manual pages for > > > UNIX' online documentation of the FASTLINK tools. As such, it would be > > > a great aid if we could copy some of the documentation from your site: > > > > > > http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/soft/linkage/ > > > > > > verbatim, such as the synopsis of the ILINK command. > > > > > > As an example of what we are working on, I present to you a recent > > > version of the UNKNOWN command's manual page: > > > > > > http://www.soggytrousers.net/repository/unknown.pdf > > > > > > Therefore, we are formally asking permission to copy parts of the > > > LINKAGE documentation as found on the web site, directory and relevant > > > sub-directories of: > > > > > > http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/soft/linkage/ > > > > > > and distribute them with the FASTLINK implementation of the LINKAGE > > > suite of tools. > > > > > > Thank you very much for your gracious attention to this matter. > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > Elizabeth Barham > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
