Re: [Comp-hist-devel] Computer history center web site

[Hans B P. <ha...@di...>]

Scott Fenton wrote:
 
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 06:13:28AM -0400, the keyboard of Kurt Raschke wrote:
> > Hans brings up a good point - we have the Reference: field, however that may
> >not always be enough.  So, what is our policy on use of an existing history pr
> >oject?  Do we take what we need and then drop them a note when we're done inco>rporating their project, or do we ask them at the outset, and then go ahead?
> 
> To be honest, I don't really know. What I can tell you is that I've taken from three trees (two voluntarily, one because we forked from them). What I've done in each of those cases (except the original, of course) is fork, then drop a polite note.

Yes but presumably thee were GPL'd. Here we are talking of copyrighted
materiel (at computer history center). On the other hand, it is valid to
use and cite sources fro research, but whre do you draw the line?

-- Hans