> Just recently, I was reading the bofh.* newsgroups on Usenet, and I was > inspired to write and post a BOFH story of my own, inspired by my memories > of my own days in operations. It's pretty different in tone from yours, > but I used the BOFH name a few times in it. I figure that posting it to > Usenet is pretty harmless, but since you seem to actually be getting paid > to write BOFH stuff for some publishers, I was wondering if there would be > any copyright violations if I were to put my story on the Web. Well, the copyright thing is all a bit sticky so I prefer to keep clear of it. I have no objections per se, but there are various rights that the places I write for might want to exercise at times. Basic rule of thumb - do what you like until someone tells you not to - It doesn't worry me personally as long as you make sure to mention that the author of yours was you! - Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To fully appreciate this INTERNET TALK SIGNATURE, read the following text out loud in a melodic voice: Simon Travaglia, System Admin/Programmer, University of Waikato. Ph: +64-7-838-4079, Fax: +64-7-838-4066, http://prime-mover.cc.waikato.ac.nz Get a friend and try the stereo version ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brooks Atkinson described a Shubert play as "beautiful, if you are deaf and dumb."
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