Re: possibility of re-using POSIX specs for manual pages

[Tim Wickberg <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiten Pandya wrote:
> Mark Valentine wrote:
>
> > > From: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@xxxxxx>
> > > Date: Sat 31 Jan, 2004
> > > Subject: Re: possibility of re-using POSIX specs for manual pages
> >
> >
> >
> > > -On [20040131 00:52], Mark Valentine (mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > >
> > > > However, being able to just use portions of the text verbatim (with
> > > > the appropriate notice), e.g. when aligning something with the 
> > > > standard,
> > > > does save re-inventing the wheel and risking imperfect paraphrasing...
> > >
> > >
> > > Does the notice have to be place in the AUTHORS section?  And how big is
> > > it?
> >
> >
> >
> > Whoever follows up with the IEEE (Hiten seemed to be on the ball) will
> > presumably find out the precise requirements; all I can say is that they
> > didn't look too burdensome judging by what the Linux folks have released.
>
>
>     Guys, hold your horses for now. :-)  I am gonna get in contact
>     with Jacques Vidrine (nectar@) of Camp FreeBSD and coordinate
>     this stuff with him.
>
>     Regards,
>
>         -- Hiten

Does this: http://www.opengroup.org/press/01jun04.htm
mean we have the go-ahead?

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Tim Wickberg
me@xxxxxxxxxxx