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Re: Asking for Author Credit In The Documentation?
Subject:Re: Asking for Author Credit In The Documentation? From:Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:55:40 -0400
There's also the liability issue. If you put your name on it, you're
asking to be included in the list of defendants if somebody spills hot
coffee on their keyboard. By leaving your name off, you can plausibly
disclaim any responsibility for the content of work-for-hire that was
approved by your client.
That said, I have certainly seen commercial software manuals that
credited authors and illustrators, whether in-house or independent. I
think this is fairly typical in graphic arts programs, for example,
where the book itself is an exemplar of what can be accomplished using
the program.
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