[Openstack-docs] Copyright statements in docs source files

Rich Bowen rbowen at redhat.com
Tue Jan 14 19:47:06 UTC 2014


On 01/14/2014 02:41 PM, Nermina Miller wrote:
> 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.

Absolutely, but I presume that none of those products were Open Source. 
That changes the game.

We're not a software company. We're an Open Source project.

-- 
Rich Bowen - rbowen at redhat.com
OpenStack Community Liaison
http://openstack.redhat.com/

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