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(d4vis)Re: Fair Use When Referring to Book Answers?by d4vis (Chaplain) |
on Nov 18, 2000 at 00:23 UTC ( [id://42279]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
As a compliment to footpad's post:
The "Fair Use" guidelines (Title 17 sec. 107) can be found here.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include -
I believe that quoting code from the perl books qualifies as fair use, this being a nonprofit, scholarly, even a teaching situation. Of course, I'm not a lawyer either...thank Dog. ;)
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