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Wizard posted 20-07-2001 04:21 GMT
Alex, I am posting this on the forum rather than sending you a personal e-mail because it might be of interest to others.
I am going to be making available some libraries for others to use. Included will be some documentation. Naturally I need to mention Axe Software and Quest. What do you require for proper credit. Do you have a copyright block that I should include or specific copyright or trademark symbols.
Also, what is the preferred format for documentation. Does the vast majority of your users have access to MS Word or does it need to be ASCII. What about Adobe Acrobat PDF files?
Wizard

Russell posted 20-07-2001 17:00 GMT
Wizard, How about a plain text file? Everyone would have access to that. I would prefer that you don't use a PDF because they take so long to open, you need acrobat reader to read them, they don't look as good, etc.
MaDbRiT posted 20-07-2001 17:41 GMT
I'd suggest a "chm" Windows help format file, you can be sure everyone will have the reader (it's part of Windows) and Quest's own docs are produced in this way.
Al
Alex posted 20-07-2001 18:16 GMT
Presumably you're creating Quest libraries that others can use !include to put in their games? If so, what would the point of crediting me be? Anybody who uses your library would know what Quest is, and the library would be 100% useless gibberish to anybody who wasn't a Quest user.
By all means sing my praises here there and everywhere in your library and documentation if you really want to, but there's absolutely no need for it.
MaDbRiT posted 20-07-2001 21:54 GMT
Russell wrote:-

quote:
I would prefer that you don't use a PDF because they take so long to open, you need acrobat reader to read them, they don't look as good, etc.
Too long to open? I'm mystified by that, pdf files are extremely compact and on my pretty run of the mill old PC open as quickly as any other file - much quicker than most in fact.
As for not looking as good - well the screen image of a pdf file isn't as crisp as I'd like either, but that is not the point of it. If you want to transmit a document for someone to print out on receipt, pdf is superb - you KNOW it'll print beautifully and look exactly the same everywhere. This means it is great for moving government / legal forms etc etc around electronically.
That is actually what the 'Portable Document Format' (pdf) was designed to achieve after all!
Al
Wizard posted 21-07-2001 01:33 GMT
Alex, the reason I was asking, is that I will be mentioning Axe Software in the documentation. In the US you cannot use someone else�s company name or copyrighted material without their permission or proper credit. Maybe it is different in the UK.
Anyway thank you.
Wizard
MaDbRiT posted 21-07-2001 06:26 GMT
Hi guys..
Wizard, the copyright laws here are very similar. Might I suggest that you use something like:

quote:
The 'Quest' & 'Axe Software' products and logos as used and referred to herein relate to the copyrighted products of Alex Warren and are used by permission.
That is probably all you need - but I'm no lawyer!
Al
Wizard posted 21-07-2001 08:51 GMT
Thanks Al, I will use that.
Wizard
Alex posted 21-07-2001 12:38 GMT

quote:

In the US you cannot use someone else�s company name or copyrighted material without their permission or proper credit.
What you've said is true for copyrighted material but not for names. Names can't be copyrighted - all you can do is trademark them. And the trademark stops people from being able to call their product "Microsoft Windows" or whatever.
You can refer to Microsoft, Windows, Tesco, Kwik Fit, MacDonalds, Axe Software etc. freely without needing to credit anybody for their existence.

Author	Topic: Alex Question
Wizard	posted 20-07-2001 04:21 GMT Alex, I am posting this on the forum rather than sending you a personal e-mail because it might be of interest to others. I am going to be making available some libraries for others to use. Included will be some documentation. Naturally I need to mention Axe Software and Quest. What do you require for proper credit. Do you have a copyright block that I should include or specific copyright or trademark symbols. Also, what is the preferred format for documentation. Does the vast majority of your users have access to MS Word or does it need to be ASCII. What about Adobe Acrobat PDF files? Wizard
Russell	posted 20-07-2001 17:00 GMT Wizard, How about a plain text file? Everyone would have access to that. I would prefer that you don't use a PDF because they take so long to open, you need acrobat reader to read them, they don't look as good, etc.
MaDbRiT	posted 20-07-2001 17:41 GMT I'd suggest a "chm" Windows help format file, you can be sure everyone will have the reader (it's part of Windows) and Quest's own docs are produced in this way. Al
Alex	posted 20-07-2001 18:16 GMT Presumably you're creating Quest libraries that others can use !include to put in their games? If so, what would the point of crediting me be? Anybody who uses your library would know what Quest is, and the library would be 100% useless gibberish to anybody who wasn't a Quest user. By all means sing my praises here there and everywhere in your library and documentation if you really want to, but there's absolutely no need for it.
MaDbRiT	posted 20-07-2001 21:54 GMT Russell wrote:- quote: I would prefer that you don't use a PDF because they take so long to open, you need acrobat reader to read them, they don't look as good, etc. Too long to open? I'm mystified by that, pdf files are extremely compact and on my pretty run of the mill old PC open as quickly as any other file - much quicker than most in fact. As for not looking as good - well the screen image of a pdf file isn't as crisp as I'd like either, but that is not the point of it. If you want to transmit a document for someone to print out on receipt, pdf is superb - you KNOW it'll print beautifully and look exactly the same everywhere. This means it is great for moving government / legal forms etc etc around electronically. That is actually what the 'Portable Document Format' (pdf) was designed to achieve after all! Al
Wizard	posted 21-07-2001 01:33 GMT Alex, the reason I was asking, is that I will be mentioning Axe Software in the documentation. In the US you cannot use someone else�s company name or copyrighted material without their permission or proper credit. Maybe it is different in the UK. Anyway thank you. Wizard
MaDbRiT	posted 21-07-2001 06:26 GMT Hi guys.. Wizard, the copyright laws here are very similar. Might I suggest that you use something like: quote: The 'Quest' & 'Axe Software' products and logos as used and referred to herein relate to the copyrighted products of Alex Warren and are used by permission. That is probably all you need - but I'm no lawyer! Al
Wizard	posted 21-07-2001 08:51 GMT Thanks Al, I will use that. Wizard
Alex	posted 21-07-2001 12:38 GMT quote: In the US you cannot use someone else�s company name or copyrighted material without their permission or proper credit. What you've said is true for copyrighted material but not for names. Names can't be copyrighted - all you can do is trademark them. And the trademark stops people from being able to call their product "Microsoft Windows" or whatever. You can refer to Microsoft, Windows, Tesco, Kwik Fit, MacDonalds, Axe Software etc. freely without needing to credit anybody for their existence.