On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > This last comment has me concerned. I've always assumed that I could > repost a document that I downloaded off the Internet, assuming that I > didn't agree to anything stating otherwise beforehand. > > Now I'm not so sure.
No, many companies will distribute documents on their website, and not allow the redistribution of that by others, and Sun is one such company that comes to mind. I do not know about others, but think Intel doesn't allow redistribution either. I depends on the company. > Some of the documents I have lack any marking indicating copyright, were > pulled down from public FTP sites, and are for chips made by companies > that are no longer in existence. > > Anyone more familiar with the rules are for republishing? Do you have > to have explicit permission to republish/repost? Legal would be the folks to advise on such. -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
