<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">When I worked on manuals for an international association, I used to check the copyright policy of each company whose material we used for support. They varied. In some cases, you could paraphrase, in some only quote. They also had specific notes you were required to use whether in text, footnote, or reference list. So, there are some specifics that are important to state for those who want to write tutorials, blog posts, and larger bodies of work.<div><br><div><div>On Jan 14, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Rich Bowen <<a href="mailto:rbowen@redhat.com">rbowen@redhat.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/14/2014 02:13 PM, Nermina Miller
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<blockquote cite="mid:BB86E313-A5B4-4D2D-8644-47A57F92A86C@gmail.com" type="cite">Rich, I'd be curious to know what constitutes fair use
or the amount of material permitted to be used without an explicit
permission request. And, secondly, which entity would be
responsible to addressing those requests? Thanks! - Nermina</blockquote>
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The answer to the first question is defined by Copyright law, and I
don't have the answer on the tip of my fingers, and it may vary from
country to country. Which is why we should sidestep the question
entirely by having our documentation licensed in such a way to make
the question moot. Which ... I think we do, right? The docs, like
the code, are licensed under the Apache license.<br>
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The answer to the second question is "The OpenStack Foundation", and
the answer should those requests should always be yes, up to and
including someone taking the whole body of documentation and
producing a printed version for sale. (See
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1596821930/">http://www.amazon.com/dp/1596821930/</a>
for an example of just that - the docs for another Apache-licensed
project.) This is the spirit of the Apache license, and if we
believe that the Apache license is the right one, then that's the
only conclusion we can arrive at.<br>
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(Note that I'm an Apache zealot, so take anything I say with that
grain of salt.)<br>
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OpenStack Community Liaison
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