Re: How does licensing work for open source software(available on the internet) or books written

Thanks Jeff! Yes that is what i planned to for sure. i was wondering if there is something else also to be done.

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 2:31 PM Jeff Smith <jeff.d.smith_at_oracle.com> wrote:

> Step One: reach out to Christian and ask him for permission (he has a
> contact form on his blog, or a good excuse to connect on LinkedIn).
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> Jeff
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> *From:* kunwar singh <krishsingh.111_at_gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:35 PM
> *To:* ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject:* How does licensing work for open source software(available on
> the internet) or books written
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> Hi Listers,
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> I have one question.
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> I am thinking of writing a book/blog and because i have never done these
> before i have one question .
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> *What are the licensing dos and donts when using or referencing work of
> others.*
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> Lets say i write a blog/book and reference for e.g. exact testcase used in
> the below blog.
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> https://antognini.ch/2019/04/vsql_cs_histograms-what-are-the-buckets-thresholds/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/antognini.ch/2019/04/vsql_cs_histograms-what-are-the-buckets-thresholds/__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!MIntfw0DgN3xCFapbdtmx6ZkVYnkjZdNpccVXZCllE7CwT-BSvgESSNJeCW5_wQyUGc$>
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> Or is that a strict no-no? Does every piece of blog/book have to be
> written by myself or does it depend on the flexibility or license details
> put by the author of the referenced blog/blook?
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> I plan put the reference details at the end of the blog/book.
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> another example.
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> i plan to use few of the scripts from the below:
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> https://antognini.ch/downloads/top2/allfiles.zip
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/antognini.ch/downloads/top2/allfiles.zip__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!MIntfw0DgN3xCFapbdtmx6ZkVYnkjZdNpccVXZCllE7CwT-BSvgESSNJeCW5WmKLxRs$>
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> Some of the blogs/book refer to http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!MIntfw0DgN3xCFapbdtmx6ZkVYnkjZdNpccVXZCllE7CwT-BSvgESSNJeCW5b8mRKs4$>
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> What does it mean in simple terms. This is my first time so wondering and
> any inputs would be appreciated :)
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> Apologies if this is a very basic qn, but none of my peers/seniors have
> written a book and i have great regard for community here , so though of
> checking.
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> P.S. My above example is just one out of many i may use. I use many such
> on my day-to-day work
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> Cheers,
> Kunwar
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Cheers,
Kunwar

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