Just as a follow-up, I read the Public Documentation License (PDL) (snooze). There is a line in section 3.3 that is pertinent to this discussion:
=========================== You must include a prominent statement that the Modification is derived, directly or indirectly, from Original Documentation provided by the Initial Writer and include the name of the Initial Writer in the Documentation or via an electronic link that describes the origin or ownership of the Documentation. =========================== Per my previous entry, I take this to mean Sun Microsystems is the initial writer for Sun produced docs (although I should caveat this with, I'm not a lawyer and have never played one on TV). I believe any modified docs need to be accompanied with the following appendix, which I think would also give Sun Microsystems credit for the initial writing, but contributors can identify themselves and specify their own copyright: =========================== Public Documentation License Notice The contents of this Documentation are subject to the Public Documentation License Version 1.01 (the "License"); you may only use this Documentation if you comply with the terms of this License. A copy of the License is available at __________________[Insert hyperlink]. The Original Documentation is _________________. The Initial Writer of the Original Documentation is ___________ Copyright (C)_________[Insert year(s)]. All Rights Reserved. (Initial Writer contact(s):________________[Insert hyperlink/alias]). Contributor(s): ______________________________________. Portions created by ______ are Copyright (C)_________[Insert year(s)]. All Rights Reserved. (Contributor contact(s):________________[Insert hyperlink/alias]). NOTE: The text of this Appendix may differ slightly from the text of the notices in the files of the Original Documentation. You should use the text of this Appendix rather than the text found in the Original Documentation for Your Modifications. =========================== This message posted from opensolaris.org
