On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 15:44:29 -0700 Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, I believe that plagiarism is the basic nature of the beast for > an SxS. There are only so many ways to do things, so when I post my > steps on doing something I'm merely replowing a field that's already > been worked over and summarizing steps that already exist in > installation instructions, howtos, etc. That being said, we should > always give proper credit to any sources we use. Hi Collins, It seems to me that when people write SxS's, which are specific rather than general and further, are based on experience rather than hearsay or general documentation, they are for the most part, original works. Yes, whoever wrote the step more than likely RTM. Even so, when I read a step, 99% of the steps appear to me to be first hand accounts of what they did to impliment a technology. The are, in essence, a description of the part of your day that you spent figuring out how to impliment a technology. I suppose you should cite the man page or manual or whatever as the foundation or starting point for your account of what you did... But, even then, 95 to 98% of the steps are original first hand accounts. On the otherhand, the manuals and such, that exist on the steps concerning bash or other technologies are general purpose and for the most part are, for the most part, used as introductions to technology. These appear to me to be based on the manual or some other existing documentation. Take it easy Peck _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
