Hi, Microsoft liked my How-To for Skype so much it copied part of it on its own page (https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12120/getting-started-with-skype- for-linux?intcmp=blogs-_-generic-click-_-skype-for-linux-4-2#2.5) Microsot is entitled to copy the How-To both legally and ethically, but it also claims copyright, which it can't do. On the other hand, it only copied a small part, specifically three "yum" commands. And it does refer back to our Wiki. Should I do anything about this? Yves -- Yves Bellefeuille <yan at storm.ca> Mekaro en Otavo, Kanado, 18-20 majo 2013: http://mekaro.ca/
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 07:00:48PM -0400, Yves Bellefeuille wrote:> > Should I do anything about this?Do you have a larger legal budget than m$? John -- Do not train [children] to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. -- Plato (c 427 BC - 347 BC), Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy of Athens, in The Republic, Book VII, section 16 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/attachments/20130522/961502cc/attachment-0004.sig>
On 05/23/2013 12:00 AM, Yves Bellefeuille wrote:> Hi, > > Microsoft liked my How-To for Skype so much it copied part of it on its > own page > (https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12120/getting-started-with-skype- > for-linux?intcmp=blogs-_-generic-click-_-skype-for-linux-4-2#2.5) > > Microsot is entitled to copy the How-To both legally and ethically, but > it also claims copyright, which it can't do. On the other hand, it only > copied a small part, specifically three "yum" commands. And it does > refer back to our Wiki.does their url back to the wiki constitute 'enough' to satisfy the attribution requirements ? w.r.t claims on (c) - yes, lets quantify that and ping them about it - most likely, they are just not aware of it. -- Karanbir Singh, The CentOS Project +44-207-0999389 | http://www.centos.org/ | twitter.com/CentOS GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc