usage of text from spec document

[Karan Malhi <Ka...@learnquest.com>]

Hi,

 

I am an instructor working in an organization providing training on JDO.
I am currently authoring a JDO 2 courseware. Would it be possible for me
to grab some text, tables and graphics from the JDO spec or would that
be a violation of copyright? I looked at the copyright information on
the spec document and found the following (please see section (iii)) :

 

License for Evaluation Purposes. Sun hereby grants you a fully-paid,

non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, limited license (without the
right

to sublicense), under Sun's applicable intellectual property rights to
view,

download, use and reproduce the Specification only for the purpose of
internal

evaluation. This includes (i) developing applications intended to run on
an

implementation of the Specification, provided that such applications do
not

themselves implement any portion(s) of the Specification, and (ii)
discussing

the Specification with any third party; and (iii) excerpting brief
portions of

the Specification in oral or written communications which discuss the

Specification provided that such excerpts do not in the aggregate
constitute a

significant portion of the Specification.

 

Looking at (iii) above, would I be allowed to use some portion of the
text in the spec in the courseware? I can refer to the spec document at
places I have used text directly from the spec itself. Things like state
transition tables and graphics representing state transitions is an
example of one of the things I would like to incorporate in the
courseware. 

 

Please let me know. 

 

Thanks

 

Karan singh malhi  

Re: usage of text from spec document

[Craig L Russell <Cr...@Sun.COM>]

Hi Karan,

I think we can take this discussion off the public lists.

I'll be happy to handle the request with Sun for you.

Can you please provide the text and diagrams that you would like to  
use and I can get approval for this usage.

Regards,

Craig

On May 30, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Karan Malhi wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am an instructor working in an organization providing training on  
> JDO.
> I am currently authoring a JDO 2 courseware. Would it be possible  
> for me
> to grab some text, tables and graphics from the JDO spec or would that
> be a violation of copyright? I looked at the copyright information on
> the spec document and found the following (please see section (iii)) :
>
>
>
> License for Evaluation Purposes. Sun hereby grants you a fully-paid,
>
> non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, limited license  
> (without the
> right
>
> to sublicense), under Sun's applicable intellectual property rights to
> view,
>
> download, use and reproduce the Specification only for the purpose of
> internal
>
> evaluation. This includes (i) developing applications intended to  
> run on
> an
>
> implementation of the Specification, provided that such  
> applications do
> not
>
> themselves implement any portion(s) of the Specification, and (ii)
> discussing
>
> the Specification with any third party; and (iii) excerpting brief
> portions of
>
> the Specification in oral or written communications which discuss the
>
> Specification provided that such excerpts do not in the aggregate
> constitute a
>
> significant portion of the Specification.
>
>
>
> Looking at (iii) above, would I be allowed to use some portion of the
> text in the spec in the courseware? I can refer to the spec  
> document at
> places I have used text directly from the spec itself. Things like  
> state
> transition tables and graphics representing state transitions is an
> example of one of the things I would like to incorporate in the
> courseware.
>
>
>
> Please let me know.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Karan singh malhi
>

Craig Russell
Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo
408 276-5638 mailto:Craig.Russell@sun.com
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