Re: usage of text from spec document

[Craig L Russell]

Hi Karan,

I think we can take this discussion off the public lists.

I'll be happy to handle the request with Sun for you.



Regards,

Craig

On May 30, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Karan Malhi wrote:

Can you please provide the text and diagrams that you would like to use and I can get approval for this usage.

Hi,




to grab some text, tables and graphics from the JDO spec or would that
be a violation of copyright? I looked at the copyright information on
the spec document and found the following (please see section (iii)) :



License for Evaluation Purposes. Sun hereby grants you a fully-paid,


right

to sublicense), under Sun's applicable intellectual property rights to
view,

download, use and reproduce the Specification only for the purpose of
internal


an


not

themselves implement any portion(s) of the Specification, and (ii)
discussing

the Specification with any third party; and (iii) excerpting brief
portions of

the Specification in oral or written communications which discuss the

Specification provided that such excerpts do not in the aggregate
constitute a

significant portion of the Specification.



Looking at (iii) above, would I be allowed to use some portion of the

transition tables and graphics representing state transitions is an
example of one of the things I would like to incorporate in the
courseware.



Please let me know.



Thanks



Karan singh malhi

I am an instructor working in an organization providing training on JDO. I am currently authoring a JDO 2 courseware. Would it be possible for me non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, limited license (without the evaluation. This includes (i) developing applications intended to run on implementation of the Specification, provided that such applications do text in the spec in the courseware? I can refer to the spec document at places I have used text directly from the spec itself. Things like state

Craig Russell
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