From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Tue, 16 May 2000 17:29:04 +0000 Received: from deliverator.sgi.com ([204.94.214.10]:3703 "EHLO deliverator.sgi.com") by oss.sgi.com with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 May 2000 17:28:52 +0000 Received: from nodin.corp.sgi.com (nodin.corp.sgi.com [192.26.51.193]) by deliverator.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id KAA27745; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:24:01 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com) Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by nodin.corp.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/980728.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA76947; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:27:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id KAA50060 for linux-list; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:17:34 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from virgil.engr.sgi.com (virgil.engr.sgi.com [163.154.5.20]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA84860; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:17:30 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (bigham@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com) Received: from engr.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by virgil.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA70588; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:17:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3921829C.9AB0FB4E@engr.sgi.com> Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:17:16 -0700 From: Nancy Bigham Organization: Linux X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.5 IP22) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Florian Lohoff CC: Ralf Baechle , Geert Uytterhoeven , Ulf Carlsson , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Indy Documentation References: <20000513183248.C1279@paradigm.rfc822.org> <20000515232358.E1682@uni-koblenz.de> <20000516120830.F2191@paradigm.rfc822.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linuxmips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linuxmips-outgoing Florian Lohoff wrote: > [...] > > What is the license or publishing restrictions of those documents ? > The documentation is copyrighted by SGI. Attached are two sections from internal web pages at SGi explaining copyright infringement and fair use of copyright material. For more information on U.S. laws regarding copyrights, see http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html =============== WHAT IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? Copyright infringement occurs where someone copies all or a significant portion of a copyrighted work. To prove infringement, a copyright holder must demonstrate that the alleged infringer had access to the original work (typically a reasonable opportunity to see or hear it), and that the infringer's resulting work was substantially similar thereto. The copyright holder need not prove such access where the similarity between the works is so striking as to preclude the possibility that one was created without reference to the other. Although this is still a developing area of the law, courts have held computer software copyrights infringed when object code was disassembled, translated into another language, modified, or emulated by utilizing the same "structure, sequence, and organization" as the original. Under this rule, it is entirely possible that one software program could infringe the copyright of another without having a single line of code identical to the copyrighted work. On a more basic level, literal copying of a work (or even a small but significant portion) will also infringe the original. Silicon Graphics is committed to protecting its works (especially software programs) through copyright registration, and to avoiding copyright infringement by company employees. Please bring any suspected copyright infringement to Legal Services' attention as quickly as possible. For specific information regarding Silicon Graphics' position on copyright infringement, see Legal Services' document called "Intellectual Property Policies and Guidelines" WHAT IS "FAIR USE"OF A COPYRIGHTED WORK? Not all copying of copyrighted works is illegal. The "fair use" doctrine allows unauthorized copying of all or portions of copyrighted works in certain instances, but typically on a "not-for-profit" basis. Since most Silicon Graphics' uses are on a "for-profit" basis, as they are in connection with our business, we are unlikely to meet these requirements. Therefore, if you wish to use tables, figures, pictures, sound, extensive quotations, or other aspects of a copyrighted work, we must first secure the written permission of the work's author. When in doubt, please assume that you need such authorization, and contact Legal Services for assistance. ======= The short answer is that Ralf cannot make copies and distribute the documents he has without permission from SGI. Seeing how I gave him the docs, I can certainly talk to our legal department to see if it's possible to allow him to make copies. We would have to take the contents of the Exabyte types under the same consideration - i.e. review for legal rights to distribute contents. It's quite possible that there are contents on backup tapes that SGI has no right to redistribute. Nancy -- Nancy Bigham SGI MS 8U-500 650 933-1608 bigham@engr.sgi.com