Re: Web content permission requested

[Adam Pribyl]

I am not the one in charge to give you a final answer, but this email is 
probably not the best one to ask. You should ask in
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal

All in all fedoraproject.org wiki content is available under 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ - study this license if it 
allows what you need.

But definitely ask in legal list.

Adam Pribyl


On Sun, 8 Aug 2010, HCzurylo(a)polk.edu wrote:

>  August 8, 2010
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>  TO:      Fedoraproject.com
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>  Dear Fedoraproject.org,
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>  To help address the current, nation-wide shortage of qualified Linux technicians,
> developers, and administrators, Polk State College (PSC) and University of South Florida
> Polytechnic (USFP) are collaborating in a joint project, funded by the National Science
> Foundation (NSF), to develop curricula for advanced, comprehensive 2-year and 4-year
> degree programs specializing in Linux administration which would be delivered online.
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>  Recently, we have been very impressed by the outstanding quality of the educational,
> non-proprietary Linux content found on your organization's public access website at
> http://www.fedoraproject.org <http://www.fedoraproject.org/> .  We strongly believe
> that having our students view this material would greatly enhance their knowledge and
> understanding of Linux.   However, as a practice, we typically avoid directing students to
> content on third party servers that are not hosted by academic institutions because of
> uncertainties surrounding the long-term availability of the content and associated URLs. 
> Nevertheless, we believe your content would be so beneficial to our students that a
> workaround ought to be explored. Therefore, we request your permission to replicate and
> host your educational, non-proprietary Linux content on our academic course servers
> without charge so that it may be incorporated into our Linux curricula.  The specific
> content for which we request permission 
  is listed on page 3 of this letter.
>  Naturally, the prospective Linux technicians, developers and administrators which take
> our courses would be made aware of this content's origin and authorship via a clearly
> displayed statement of credit/acknowledgement.  It could have the following format, or any
> alternate that you specify:
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>  The following (or previous) excerpt courtesy of Fedoraproject.org,
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>  Copyright © {date}, Reproduced with Permission
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>  {URL}
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>  Please note that our use of your content would be strictly for traditional
> academic/educational purposes, and access to it would be restricted to our students,
> instructors, and academic support staff via a password protected CMS (course management
> system). However, please be aware that since this is an NSF funded project, it is possible
> our curricula may be made available by the NSF for use by other academic institutions and
> thereby be seen by students outside the geographic areas we serve.
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>  If you do choose to grant this request, kindly indicate your permission in a reply
> correspondence or simply sign and return this letter to the address indicated.  An extra
> copy of this letter has been enclosed for your records.  Also, if you have a preferred
> source/method for us to utilize in replicating your content, please let us know.
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>  We appreciate your consideration and hope for your support of this request.
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>  Thank you very much.
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>  Sincerely,
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>  Cliff Bennett
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>  Program Director
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>  STATEMENT OF PERMISSION:
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>  As the owner/author or designated agent having authority to grant this request, I hereby
> grant permission to Polk State College and University of South Florida Polytechnic to
> reproduce and host our copyrighted content as specified below:
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>  Copyright owner/author or designated agent Signature
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>  Copyright owner or agent Name (print)
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>  Please send reply correspondence or signed letter to:
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>  Polk State College
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>  999 Avenue H, Northeast
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>  Winter Haven, FL  33881-4299
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>  Content for Which Permission to Reproduce and Host on LINCS Project Servers is
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>  Page Title and/or Description of Content
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>  URL(s) and/or Filename(s)
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>  File type
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>  (html, swf, java, wmv, etc.)
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>  Redhat-Fedora Linux
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>  www.fedoraproject.com <http://www.fedoraproject.com/>
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