From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 14:05:36 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12ACA16A4CF for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:05:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D13243D58 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:05:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com (64-144-75-100.client.dsl.net [64.144.75.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j17E5RKw007030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:05:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:05:34 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Ceri Davies Message-ID: <20050207090534.73a9421d@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <20050207095647.GN73948@submonkey.net> References: <200502070141.44052.max@love2party.net> <20050207095647.GN73948@submonkey.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: Neo Sadist Subject: Re: Copyright issues pertaining to www.slackersbible.org and MadPengiun X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:05:36 -0000 On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:56:48 +0000 Ceri Davies wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:41:37AM +0100, Max Laier wrote: > > On Monday 07 February 2005 01:26, Neo Sadist wrote: > > > To Whom It May Concern: > > > > > > Has permission been given to use content from the FreeBSD handbook on > > > www.slackersbible.org ? I am only checking to make sure before I use > > > content from your handbook on this page. > > > Also, please read the "about" page for slackersbible.org. They intend > > > to make a handbook very similar to the FreeBSD handbook. Please review > > > their site and intents, and let me know if they have permission. > > > By the way, thank you for your handbook. It is by far the best free > > > UNIX/*nix handbook I have ever read. > > > > Short answer: > > http://www.slackersbible.org/node/35 > > > > Longer answer, check the thread that preceded the creation of the slackware > > handbook. It took place on this very mailinglist a 2 weeks ago: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2005-January/006960.html > > Shorter answer: > Yes. Tedious explination: So long as the FreeBSD Project was acknowledged and the author names left in the documentation. We had hoped for mutual benefit from the project and wanted to ensure that typos and grammatical fixes would make their way back here. -- Tom Rhodes