Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ
Copyright and Fair Use Considerations

Table of Contents

• Site Mission
• Fair Use Guidelines
  • On-Line
  • Print/Hardcopy

Site Mission

Use of any material from the FAQs in any way, shape, or form without attribution is strictly prohibited no matter what the intent, even if free. And not to put too fine a point on it in case this isn't obvious: This means that it is totally illegal to incorporate *any* FAQ material in a product or service (or advertising or promotional material for a product or service) that is sold for profit without prior authorization - period. In addition, placing FAQ material on a page with sponsored links as with the Google AdSense program, or for use as a means of attracting visitors to your Web site to boost traffic and advertising revenue is also forbidden. Violation of any of these principles will not be tolerated and legal action will be considered if a friendly reminder is not adequate to correct the transgression.

Please note that translations of the FAQs are copyright by the original author and the translation author(s) but they retain the original mission. Material from others is in addition, copyright by the contributing authors.

Fair Use Guidelines

On-Line

• The entire section "About the Author and Copyright" MUST be included when any sections are excerpted. That section MUST be near the top of the excerpt and be visible in the hardcopy or printout.

• Documents or excerpts must NOT be altered in any way that affects their meaning, explicit or implied. In particular, it is forbidden to selectively extract sections in a way that might bias conclusions with respect to a specific product, taking only the positives without the negatives; or, only including links to specific vendors.

• There must be a header, as an HTML comment, at the top of each page showing where the material originated.

• An active link to the original document and/or Table of Contents MUST be provided. A link to "http://www.repairfaq.org/" is sufficient to satisfy the above requirement. The link must be clearly labeled as the source of the excerpt. Note: Regardless of where the document originated, using "http://www.repairfaq.org/" in the link is preferred as it is guaranteed to exist or will redirect to a valid Web site.

• The HTML markup "look and feel" Copyright © 1993-2009 by Filip Gieszczykiewicz and Sam Goldwasser should not be altered.

• Changes to font and color schemes are permitted to the extent required to be consistent with other pages on the Web site.

Printout/Hardcopy

• The entire section "Author and Copyright" MUST be included when any section(s) are excerpted and MUST be visible in a hardcopy! A valid link to the original document and/or Table of Contents MUST be provided. It must show the entire URL so that someone can type it into a Web browser.

• Reproduction of the document in whole or in part is permitted if the following conditions are satisfied:
  1. This [HTML Comment] notice is included in its entirety.
  2. The [Hardcopy] Copyright section is included in its entirety.
  3. There is no charge except to cover the costs of copying and distribution.

• Unless otherwise specified and not marked with (From xxxxxx), all the text in the FAQs and contained on this site is Copyright © 1992-2009 by Filip M. Gieszczykiewicz http://www.repairfaq.org/filipg/ and/or by Samuel M. Goldwasser http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/. All rights reserved.

• Distribution through any means OTHER than regular Internet channels and WWW servers must be by prior permission. Please contact the appropriate copyright holder(s) via the Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ Email Links Page. This includes, but is not limited to: ftp servers, private bulletin boards/discussion groups, and email list servers.

• In addition, only FREE distribution is permitted without special arrangement.

• The removal of this notice is forbidden and a link to this message MUST by preserved!