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    copying text of howtos to my own website

    is it illegal to copy howtos to my website to give one central organized location of howtos? i thought it would be cool to have one website with every howto a new user would need to get started with ubuntu.

    of course i would cite my source as well.

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    Re: copying text of howtos to my own website

    It's fine as long as you link to and cite the author.

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    Re: copying text of howtos to my own website

    Quote Originally Posted by GuitarHero View Post
    It's fine as long as you link to and cite the author.
    cool, i didn't wanna upset anyone. thanks for the quick response!

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    Re: copying text of howtos to my own website

    It actually depends on the license by which it's released. The safest thing to do is to contact the author and ask her for permission to use it.

    That said, there are already some sites for centralized documentation:

    http://doc.gwos.org
    http://help.ubuntu.com/

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    Re: copying text of howtos to my own website

    Quote Originally Posted by shanepardue View Post
    i thought it would be cool to have one website with every howto a new user would need to get started with ubuntu.
    Nothing wrong with what you are proposing but why not rather support:
    UDSF- http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=124 & http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Main_Page
    Wiki- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

    If you copy stuff you will have to check the license it is published under and conform to it. This forum uses Creative Commons.

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