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From: kathy@bakerst.UUCP
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Subject: Re: referencing "info"?
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Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 20:34:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 16 20:34:49 1987
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In article <660@oxtrap.UUCP> rich@oxtrap.UUCP (K. Richard Magill) writes:
>I'm writing a short paper and would like to give credit to information
>that I lifted from an info page.  How should I list this?  Is it
>"published"?  Can I reference things I can only find buried in
>binaries?

Without knowing anymore ...  I'd say, sure you can - and do whatever
seems reasonable/sensible to give credit.  I don't know whether there
exists a formal style sheet solution to that question (cf. MLA Style
Sheet etc.), but if there isn't, then using such things as a guide,
I'd suggest forging ahead and making your own "style," including

	1.  Name, date, and version of the software package 

	2.  Title and date of the info page - or just something
		like "From explanatory information included with ..."

	3.  Author of the software and info page

	4.  Status of information - if, e.g., it came with a copyright
		notice and/or public domain notice

So your line might read:  "From comments included as part of
the 'defs.h' file of the public domain Mushroom Table Multiplexer
Program, Version 2.4a.  S.A.Dorien-Grey. January 1987." 

Or for a "real" example:
"How to Read the Network News," the 'howto' file for USENET
software, version 2.11.  Original by Mark R. Horton, revised
by Rick Adams for 2.11.  Page 4.  September 1986."

If your paper is for publication, you might want to check back
with the author of the information for permission to quote.
If the info is copyrighted, you *should* request permission
whether you want to or not  :-)


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