> I need some advice from the experience FAQ authors on this list.
> I continually find sections of the Highlander FAQ (which I
> authored and maintain), without attributions or copyright
> statements, on Web pages across the Internet. Does anyone have
> suggestions as to what can be done to deter this practice?
>
> My FAQ has a copyright statement forbidding such usage.
I try to kill both birds with a boilerplate that states that my FAQ is in
the public domain -- though if you quote from it, you MUST give credit to
the author(s). This isn't always me, as I've quoted others, with
pointers to an 'acknowledgments' section at the end.
At the same time I explain that I've made little attempt at marking
copyrighted names as such, and leave contacting the respective companies
up to the reader.
This is just standard legalese found in the front of most technical books.
Also, it looks cool; makes the FAQ look real professional-like ;>
Jon D. Verne <jverne@acs.ryerson.ca>
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