RE: Copyright [cgf, please comment]

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

=
> > That means you intentionally trying to avoid and walk around others
> > work?  That itself is a copyright infringment, I just walk over to
> > my company Patent and TradeMark attorney in-house office.  
> That is what he
> > told
> > me when he read your above paragraph.  You ae 
> intentiuonally taking my
> > prior work, walking around it to avoid my authorship?
> 
> Better get a new company attorney :)

Silly.  I think you need to read better and consult and get some advice
what you are talking :-)  The attroney we had was attorney who prosecuted
several big coproration for copyright and trademark infringments and won 
every single case.

> 
> Have you ever read a book about DOS, UNIX, the X Window 
> System, Windows, or
> even a dictionary?  Well, then by the logic given above, you would be
> violating copyrights on everything you have ever written on this list.

I suggest you need to read I do not.

> 
> My point, if it was not clear, was that reading a document on 
> a particular
> topic does not forever ban you from writing on that very same topic.

Again vague and confusing sentences. :)  I do not know why you are saying
something vague and confusing.  

> 
> > I see that is why on my several calls in the list that why 
> points from
> > original FAQ which were important were missing?  You got very
> > upset on that
> > and said it is a draft and they will be included.  I thought you
> > sent a diff
> > file to Rob
> > and in one message you wrote you are working on to include it
> > but you never did.
> 
> Right, because everything started getting nasty.

No one made it nasty.  I raised questions and you got upset.

> 
> I have intentions of covering some issues that may (and I'm 
> being careful
> with the wording now that you're talking to attorneys :) be 
> covered by your
> document at some point in the near future when I have time.

If we agree to include all the points, which we need because current FAQ
includes a lots of important aspects which youd so-called DRAFT does not
then we will post your FAQ, otherwise current FAQ will stay and yours
incomplete draft cannot be posted.

> 
> > In its current form I DO NOT approve your FAQ to be posted at
> > Cygwin/XFree86
> > server.
> > Sorry about it.
> 
> Why are we back to this?

Because I do not want to sit here and answer questions which users asked
over
last two years and I put them in FAQ.  If everything is included, then YES
I will gladly post your FAQ and your contributions will be appreciated
and acknowledged.

> 
> Did I just say, "hey, post my draft FAQ on the web site, 
> now!"?  Did I ever
> say to post my draft FAQ on the website?  Nope, I sure 
> didn't, because it is
> a draft.
> 
> From Merriam-Webster:
> draft - noun - 5.c. a preliminary sketch, outline, or version 
> <the author's
> first draft> <a draft treaty>
> 
> You'd have to be kidding me if you honestly think that I 
> would want to post
> a preliminary outline in place of the existing FAQ.


Ok, can you create a diff file of your FAQ against current FAQ and mail it
to me
so I can pass on to ROB and get everything included?  You will retain the
"authroship".
I have told Rob to keep authorship to Harold. I do not care about
authorship.  It is not
an issue for me.  I do care that I do not sit here and answer the emails
from users
with questions which I already put in current FAQ.  If you can PLEASE create
a diff file
send it to me or to Rob directly.  You FAQ qill go online.  I request you
change the lines
Copyright (c)2000 Harold Hunt to Authorship (c)2000 Harold Hunt.  I hope
this should not be
a big deal for you.  The document is already under GFDL which is acceptable
by Red Hat.
To make it clear again, I already have over 40 puiblications and I do not
need an authorship
of a FAQ, but I do not have time to answer emails about questions which had
been covered
already in current FAQ.  If you can resolve these issues with Rob directly I
will give him a
GO AHEAD to post your FAQ.  IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH FOR YOU?

Thanks
Suhaib


> 
> Harold
>