I can tell you
as a fact that many of the Northstar and Altair docs
came from my collection.
There's a thin line... acknowledgment of effort is always good. But
if I have a manual (or have made a scan of the manual) I feel that the
effort I put in is absolutely negligible compared to the original
authors/compilers effort in writing and assembling and publishing the
document in the first place.
In my particular case, the images of the Commodore 232 were provided to me
by actual owners. The policy on SWoC has always been to get both the
original contributor's permission as well as my own, which is clearly noted
on each page. Refer to the policy at
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/note.html
This policy actually has been specifically cited by a number of contributors
as being the only reason they submitted stuff to me, as they know that it
will be handled respectfully, and I do my darndest to preserve that because
Secret Weapons of Commodore wouldn't exist without their generosity.
For that reason, since I'm on the subject, please remove these images from
1000bit.net, as they were secured without permission:
* Back view and "A detail" from the Commodore 232 entry. These were
improperly used from
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/x64.html
(the detail image is the backplate image I cropped)
If you like, I can ask the original contributor if he objects, but until
he gives his approval, they should be taken down until I have confirmation.
--
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http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --
Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap Systems Ltd * So. Calif., USA * ckaiser at
floodgap.com
-- There are few problems that the liberal usage of high explosives can't cure.
