Hi Cecil, Yes. I believe it is very well established that you could scan it for yourself, but why should we have to do that when even Red Hat makes it available in class? It is not published for the general public in that it is only provided to students who pay the tuition for the courses. That's my understanding of how they work. So, it can't just be put out there on Bookshare. Too bad. Note that if I did have a scanned copy and knew that a blind Red Hat student needed an electronic copy, I would certainly not hesitate to stick my neck out and provide it to that student. I think it would look very very bad if Red Hat tried to do something bad to me for my trouble... Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Whitley GS11 Cecil H" <WhitleyCH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 6:31 AM Subject: RE: RedHat 9 and RHCE > >Hi Cecil, > >Unfortunately, Red Hat's training material does not qualify under 17 U.S.C. > >Section 121 since it is not published for general sell to the public. It > is > >only for Red Hat's customers. > > Isn't RedHat's customers the general public? Do they only sell training to > corporations? Governments? Or do they not in fact sell training to anyone > who can pay the tuition? There are also "fair use" provisions that would > permit you to scan it for yourself. You couldn't distribute it, but an > infringement lawsuit would go nowhere and would certainly garner them some > very bad press. > Cecil > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
