Good point, John.  Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

But, I do not think the copyright would be honored or violated since they
have made the same material available in a Redbook (See prior post from Alan
Schenck).

When the owner makes the material public, then the copyright law does not
apply.


On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:27 AM, McKown, John
<john.mck...@healthmarkets.com>wrote:

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> > Thank you very much, Ron.
> >
> > It is 119 pages, but it would be great if you could scan it
> > in.  Please let
> > me know the cost and I will reimburse you.
>
> Um, please be careful of this sort of thing. The manual may be, likely is,
> copyrighted. I doubt that IBM would do much to somebody for copying it, but
> it is a consideration. Just because a book or manual is out of print or
> unavailable, does not mean it can be copied or scan and reproduced. Please
> forgive me if I'm out of line. I'm very sensitive to copyright from some of
> the "charges" leveled against Linux by its opponents. "Avoid even the
> appearance of evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22).
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