[kde-doc-english] Re: System Settings: Desktop Effects

[Jack]

On 2011.05.26 13:38, Burkhard Lück wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2011, um 03:16:45 schrieb Jay Starkman:
>>>> adapted from:  
>>>> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OOfV4PQ3DOIJ:linux  
>>>> -tip  
>>>> ps.blogspot.com/2008/06/kde4-kwin-desktop-effects-howto.html+opengl+pi  
>>>> xmap+  
>>>> vs+"shared+memory"&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

>>> Do you have permission from the author to use this under FDGL >=1.2  
>>> in kde?

>> I did not copy the info from that web posting.  I transcribed it  
>> using my own words.  I had no idea what these issues were until I  
>> found it elsewhere.

> Hmm, Is it just me beeing so sensible in this issue because I am  
> german and two politician had to resign due to plagiarism in their  
> dissertation?

> What do others think about it?

I have to agree with Burhkard here.  It may have been an unfortunate  
choice of words, but "transcribed" is a form of copying.  If it's an  
important enough source of information, even if the words are  
different, it would be wise to have permission.

Oddly, I just spent some time on both linux-tipps.blogspot.com and  
www.blogspot.com, and although I didn't see any copyright notice, I  
also didn't find any mention of what if any permissions to copy exist.   
Although that post is almost three years old, perhaps posting the  
question as a comment to the post would get a response from the  
original author.

Jack