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Re: Function for quoting Emacs manual sections?
From: |
David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Function for quoting Emacs manual sections? |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:28:00 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>> Maybe I'm missing something, but I see no part in GFDL that speaks
>>>>> specifically about such email quotations.
>>> Isn't that covered by the copyright law already?
>> Sure. Namely it is forbidden by default. You can't quote any creative
>> content that would suffice for not needing to get access the original.
>> Because then you are providing value only the copyright holder is
>> permitted to provide.
>
> Hmm... that's not my understanding of the "reasonable quoting"
> exceptions, tho of course these vary from country to country.
When written tersely, most recipes in a recipe book would fall under the
20 line limit. That does not mean that you can post all (or any of) the
recipes online without asking the copyright owner.
A relevant Emacs manual extract may be similar to a self-sufficient
recipe. DOC strings are mostly harmless in that regard since they
usually are purely descriptive. A manual extract with an imaginative
useful example is a different level.
--
David Kastrup
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