CentOS - Jan 2015 - Documentation link on new Firefox CentOS 7 splash screen

On 01/18/15 22:55, Peter wrote:
> On 01/19/2015 10:51 AM, Tim wrote:
>> Just my two cents: Anyone thought of asking Red Hat to use 
>> documentation? I think they are getting much from the community so
>> to copy public accessible documentation when permitted by RH could be
>> an easy way.
>>
>> Why not giving that a try?
> 
> There's no need to ask them, they've already given permission:
> 
>> Copyright ? 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
>> This document is licensed by Red Hat under the Creative Commons
>> Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. If you distribute this
>> document, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution
>> to Red Hat, Inc. and provide a link to the original. If the document
>> is modified, all Red Hat trademarks must be removed.
> 
> I'd say that's good enough.
> 
> 
> Peter
> _______________________________________________
Well then there appears to be no reason to not go with a version of my
initial suggestion.

State what CentOS is and what it's sources are.  State that there may be
some minor divergence between the behavior of CantOS and the Red Hat
documentation.  You can explain why if you feel that it's required.

Attribute the documentation to Red Hat.

Provide a link to the original Red Hat documentation as required in
their copyright statement.

By taking these steps we would be exceeding the requirements of the
license in that we are providing the attribution and the link even
though we are not distributing the document, or a modified version of it.

By providing a link to the documentation we would no more be
distributing the documentation than Google would be distributing the
Weather Channel by providing a link to it in their search results.

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On 01/19/2015 05:18 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> Well then there appears to be no reason to not go with a version of my
> initial suggestion.
> 
> State what CentOS is and what it's sources are.  State that there may
be
> some minor divergence between the behavior of CantOS and the Red Hat
> documentation.  You can explain why if you feel that it's required.
> 
> Attribute the documentation to Red Hat.
> 
> Provide a link to the original Red Hat documentation as required in
> their copyright statement.
> 
> By taking these steps we would be exceeding the requirements of the
> license in that we are providing the attribution and the link even
> though we are not distributing the document, or a modified version of it.
> 
> By providing a link to the documentation we would no more be
> distributing the documentation than Google would be distributing the
> Weather Channel by providing a link to it in their search results.
I don't see why we couldn't, or shouldn't modify it, though, so logn
as
we first make sure to comply with the rest of the license provisions, ie
remove RedHat trademarks, give appropriate attribution and link to the
original docs, then we can go ahead and modify it wiki-style so that it
reflects the differences in CentOS.


Peter

On 19/01/15 12:37 AM, Peter wrote:
> On 01/19/2015 05:18 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>> Well then there appears to be no reason to not go with a version of my
>> initial suggestion.
>>
>> State what CentOS is and what it's sources are.  State that there
may be
>> some minor divergence between the behavior of CantOS and the Red Hat
>> documentation.  You can explain why if you feel that it's required.
>>
>> Attribute the documentation to Red Hat.
>>
>> Provide a link to the original Red Hat documentation as required in
>> their copyright statement.
>>
>> By taking these steps we would be exceeding the requirements of the
>> license in that we are providing the attribution and the link even
>> though we are not distributing the document, or a modified version of
it.
>>
>> By providing a link to the documentation we would no more be
>> distributing the documentation than Google would be distributing the
>> Weather Channel by providing a link to it in their search results.
>
> I don't see why we couldn't, or shouldn't modify it, though, so
logn as
> we first make sure to comply with the rest of the license provisions, ie
> remove RedHat trademarks, give appropriate attribution and link to the
> original docs, then we can go ahead and modify it wiki-style so that it
> reflects the differences in CentOS.
>
>
> Peter
A wiki format would be fantastic.

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On 1/18/2015 9:37 PM, Peter wrote:
> I don't see why we couldn't, or shouldn't modify it, though, so
logn as
> we first make sure to comply with the rest of the license provisions, ie
> remove RedHat trademarks, give appropriate attribution and link to the
> original docs, then we can go ahead and modify it wiki-style so that it
> reflects the differences in CentOS.

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