Re: Showing sample and proprietary content

[Joe Malin <jmalin -at- jmalin -dot- com>]

Dear Sean,

Not a poor choice of words, as much as a conflict between the noun
"domain" modified by the adjective "public" and the term "public
domain". Unfortunately, the latter is commonly used in US copyright law
to refer to a specific concept that is different from your meaning. I
can't speak for copyright law in other countries.

This works itself back into a related thread about using domain-specific
terminology. One has to be careful. For example, in the Java web
application world, the term "component" has a specific and non-intuitive
meaning. One can not use it as a generic term for part of a larger system.

Similarly, in the technical writing world, one must take care when using
the term "public domain". I follow technical writing, digital rights
management, and copy protection issues quite closely, so "public domain"
is an immediate trigger for a particular concept. In pointing this out,
I only want to ensure that my readers understand the difference between
publicly available and "public domain." It is an important *legal*
difference.

I am sorry that all of this landed on your head.

To the original point of discussion: I provide samples of parts of
publicly available material. I make sure that the copyright is stated. I
think that this falls under reasonable use.

I do not provide samples of confidential material unless I have
permission from the company that has ownership of it.

Joe

Sean Wheller wrote:
> On Friday 20 October 2006 21:58, Joe Malin wrote:
>   
>> I respectfully disagree.
>>
>> Here is a Wikipedia article on public domain:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
>>     
>
> OK OK :-) sigh
>
> Before another person points out my poor choice of words, here is alink to 
> what my intent was in using domain.
>
> http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=domain
>
> ho boy.
>   
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