On 02/09/2017 02:29, Rob Belics wrote: > I don't know if this is worth pursuing but this guy is copy/pasting from > the Handbook and declaring it, sometimes, as his own article. I read that > parts of it are flat out wrong but they may be corrected by now. Worse, the > site name is "Linux Secrets". > > https://www.linuxsecrets.com/en/entry/51-freebsd/2017/08/30/2926-upgrading-freebsd-11-0-to-11-1 > > In case this is worth a letter or email
The FreeBSD Foundation is the body responsible for handling matters around code licensing and copyrights for the project. I've CC'd them in this response as it's their call as to whether any action is needed, but my initial reaction is that this is not such a case. Having taken a cursory look at some of the pages on the blog, I can't see any obvious claim that the blog owner is plagiarising the Handbook or similar. While the blog page you cite is broadly similar to sections of the handbook -- eg. https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html I feel that this is simply the result of two different authors independently talking about the same process. Even if the blog content was derived from the Handbook, there's nothing against the terms of the FreeBSD license in /reproducing/ sections of the documentation. Claiming that work as your own is definitely not allowed. Neither is removing the copyright statement. On the whole, I'd say having bloggers talking about their (good) experiences with FreeBSD is something the project would like to encourage and despite the domain name, this is someone we should be encouraging. Cheers, Matthew
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