Jens, Have you tried contact VA Linux regarding this? At the time I started the Devel FAQ it was planed to, but nothing was ever mentioned again.
Jos� Fonseca On 2002.05.24 18:54 Smitty wrote: > Howzit? > > >> There are a few other documents on the Insights Page that I didn't > >> bother duplicating on the DRI page. It might be a good idea to do this > >> now, since the Insights Page might not be around forever. Would that > be > >> ok with VA Linux/Precision Insight regarding copyright issues? > > > I don't work for VA Linux anymore, so I can't give you any specific > > permissions--however, I will point out that the original low level > > design documents on that page are under the following license: > > > > "Copyright =A9 1998-1999 by Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas. > > All Rights Reserved.=20 > > > > Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this > > document provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are > > preserved on all copies." > > > > So, you can copy them to the DRI site--but we can't modify them. > Still, > > they might be useful to new developers trying to get some idea on early > > design decisions. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Now this poses a wee bit of a problem for any attempts to update theses > kinds of documents doesnt it? > > Or does it? > If I read it, gain an understanding of the DRI system / infrastructre and > use my newfound knowledge to create my own document from scratch that's > ok right. > > Problem is this isnt very abstract, and I'm not going to gain an > encyclopeadia type knowledge of the subject matter and create a new > original / vastly different document, its going to be what it is, an > update of the original. > > Think if I /we bother them nicely they'll let me use their original as a > base / template? > > I have no problem putting: > > "Orignal by: Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas." > > or something to that effect but: > > "Copyright =A9 1998-1999 by Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas. > All Rights Reserved.=20 > > Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this > document provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are > preserved on all copies." > > is IMHO a bit too much, especially as they dont seem to be doing any > maintainance. > > Ideas, comments? > > Liam > ---- > "It depends" > _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
