Re: Using technical information from another company

Subject: Re: Using technical information from another company
From: WS Mendler <wmendler -at- PTDPROLOG -dot- NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:55:00 -0400

This brings up another question... As more and more companies make and
use third-party "widgets" for use in other people's software, what are the
implications for documentation? We've integrated third-party
spellcheckers and graphing modules into our products recently -- and
sometimes those products come with their own Help files. Is it legit to
point to that file from my own manual or online help?

//skip

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Katherin King wrote:

> Subject: Using technical information from another company
>
> I'm documenting a feature which integrates our software with another
> company's hardware. I want to provide an overview of the hardware component,
> but I don't know enough about it to write anything from scratch. Can I use
> their description? Do I have to reword it, or can I use it "as is"? Does
> this fall under copywrite law or something?
>

WS (Skip) Mendler wmendler -at- cornetltd -dot- com
Documentation & Information Specialist
CorNet International, Stroudsburg PA

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