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RE: Ethics of reusing vendor's help material -- copyright issue orcommonplace practice?
Subject:RE: Ethics of reusing vendor's help material -- copyright issue orcommonplace practice? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"'Tom Johnson'" <lists -at- idratherbewriting -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 7 Aug 2006 08:53:56 -0400
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> Is it commonplace or questionable to reuse a vendor's help
> material nearly
> verbatim to customize a smaller guide more focused on our audience?
>
Only if the vendor gives you written permission to prominently display
something that says, "Adapted with permission from Big Software Company."
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