Talk:Architecture of macOS
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Copyvio?
Do we have permission to reproduce content from developer.apple.com? At a glance, I can see content under Kernel that comes from here, stuff under "Classic Environment" that comes from here and stuff under "System-level technologies" that comes from here. AlistairMcMillan 09:53, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
- Those were used as sources, I have modified the tense of the data quite considerably. Those are technical notes for reference use, why is Apple going to get concerned over a slightly modified version of pure facts/reference on an encyclopedia? — Wackymacs 10:04, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm going to ask them for permission. — Wackymacs 10:05, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
- From their website terms and conditions: Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, Web site or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without Apple’s express prior written consent. [1] It is very rare that people allow their website content to be used elsewhere. AlistairMcMillan 10:54, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
- But it reads no content may be copied... for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise.... Is Wikipedia considered publication or distribution? Anyways, even if they do get ticked over a mild rewording, like Wackymacs said, they're pure facts and you can't exactly get in trouble for distributing that. freshgavin TALK 02:44, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, Wikipedia is considered publication. When you put content up on a website for people to read you are publishing it. And yes, Wikipedia is considered distribution. Look at all the other sites that mirror Wikipedia content. And this isn't about "pure facts". This page is composed of great big chunks of content directly copied and pasted from developer.apple.com. AlistairMcMillan 12:31, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
- Despite what myself and Freshgavin have said, AlistairMcMillan goes ahead and marks it as copyvio, just as I was about to rewrite most of it anyway. This could have been done after it was finished on peer review. :( — Wackymacs 08:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
- Even if you re-wrote it, the copyvio content would still be there in the history. It needs to be erased from the history which basically means wiping everything out since your first edit to this page included the copyvio content. That also means your new temp page needs to be marked as copyvio, since it included the copied content. If you want to start this page over, please do so from a blank slate. AlistairMcMillan
- Despite what myself and Freshgavin have said, AlistairMcMillan goes ahead and marks it as copyvio, just as I was about to rewrite most of it anyway. This could have been done after it was finished on peer review. :( — Wackymacs 08:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
- From their website terms and conditions: Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, Web site or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without Apple’s express prior written consent. [1] It is very rare that people allow their website content to be used elsewhere. AlistairMcMillan 10:54, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm going to ask them for permission. — Wackymacs 10:05, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Rewrite
I have started a rewrite based on what is already in the article at the temporary page linked from the copyvio status. Anyone is welcome to make changes to avoid the copyright violation. — Wackymacs 08:48, 28 October 2005 (UTC)