KDE 3.0 is out!

[Marvin Dickens]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 15:44:29 -0700
Collins <erichey2 at attbi.com> wrote:

> However, I believe that plagiarism is the basic nature of the beast for
> an SxS.  There are only so many ways to do things, so when I post my
> steps on doing something I'm merely replowing a field that's already
> been worked over and summarizing steps that already exist in
> installation instructions, howtos, etc.  That being said, we should
> always give proper credit to any sources we use.

Hi Collins,

It seems to me that when people write SxS's, which are specific 
rather than general and further, are based on experience rather than
hearsay or general documentation, they are for the most part,
original works. Yes, whoever wrote the step more than likely RTM. Even
so, when I read a step, 99% of the steps appear to me to be first hand 
accounts of what they did to impliment a technology. The are, in essence,
a description of the part of your day that you spent figuring out how to
impliment a technology.  I suppose you should cite the man page or manual 
or whatever as the foundation or starting point for your account of what 
you did... But, even then, 95 to 98% of the steps are original first hand 
accounts.

On the otherhand, the manuals and such, that exist on the steps concerning
bash or other technologies are general purpose and for the most part are, for 
the most part, used as introductions to technology. These appear to me to be
based on the manual or some other existing documentation.


Take it easy


Peck