Re: [OS:N:] Re: FLASH me!

Jeremy Hogan <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.open-source-now
Organization Red Hat, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:59, Jim Wildman wrote:
> That is a fairly standard NDA for copyrighted course materials.  They
> are protecting themselves from you walking off with their materials
> (actually they are protecting their right to come after you if you do.)
> 
> Much the same as the news is copyrighted by the publisher (local TV
> station).  
> 
> And yes this restricts your freedom.  Your choice.

Good point. This is also not the only way to learn Red Hat Linux or
Linux. Students and teachers are free to use our docs in most any
fashion suitable for educational purposes for example.

It's also not the only way to learn Linux in a more general sense.

The choice to use a particular tool or not to accomplish the same thing
is not that limited. Some may be flashier (no pun intended), or more
convenient and your privileges will vary depending on the route you
choose.

> 
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> 
> > 
> > But if you take part in the redhat online course provided by
> > digitalthink, you sign away all your rights to do that.
> > 
> >  Digital Think is the exclusive provider of Red Hat eLearning.
> > http://www.digitalthink.com/catalog/license.html
> > 
> > "Licensee shall not, without the prior written permission of
> > DIGITALTHINK, nor permit anyone else to copy, decompile, reverse
> > engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Courseware to a human
> > perceivable form, or to modify, network, rent, lease, loan, distribute,
> > or create derivative works based upon the Courseware or the
> > documentation in whole or in part." 
> 
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> Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE                                [email protected]
> http://www.rossberry.com
> 
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