I suppose that there is here a prima facie case of breach
of copyright, but even the lawyers (and my wife is one,
so watch what you say) say "de minimis non curat lex":
the law does not concern itself with trifles.
I think the practical issue is whether StataCorp lost out
on a manual sale because one paragraph was copied from one
entry. I can't swallow that. On the contrary, it looks like
good publicity to me. The Technical Note was a nice clear
explanation of a tricky point and shows by example that the
on-line help is not always enough.
Also, Richard is one of Statalist's
nice guys, helping out many people: what he did here was much
more than what most people would do, and it can't see it
creating a precedent.
I for one am not going to scan in sections of manual to
Statalist postings.
Nick
[email protected]
SamL
> Am I the only person saddened by this blatant rip-off of
> statacorp? And
> from a person employed at a religious institution, no less?
> Anyone have
> any ideas how stata can prevent this from happening and thus
> preserve the
> wonderful model of a company they are?
>
> Sign me,
>
> Despite appearances, there is *no* sarcasm in my voice,
> Sam
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