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Do you mean you have sent a formal request to them to get a written consent
to reference/publicize their copyrighted material and they did not respond?
El lun, 3 abr 2023 a las 5:13, Patrik Schindler (<poc@xxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:
Hello,
as you have probably been aware I have collected quite some amount of
historical and current (aka: not yet historical) IBM documentation which I
have had published for the benefit of the greater public.
At the end of January, I have been contacted by someone from IBM Hursley
Park in UK, requesting me to "remove immediately from ibmdocs.pocnet.net
all IBM copyright material which [I am] not authorized to reproduce and
distribute." This effectively nullified my intention to provide an indexed,
single source for documentation about IBM software and hardware products,
including documentation which is no longer available through direct IBM
sources.
Long story short, the requestor failed to assist in getting permission for
me to continue publishing those documents. If this is intentionally or
because he failed to find the right people within IBM, I don't know. He
refuses to comment further and hides behind "IBM requests". No
explanations, no admitting that older documentation is now again
unavailable.
IBM appears like a huge fortress to me: No way in as soon as known
contacts refuse to cooperate for a reconciliation of interests. Doors are
closed.
Thus I'm asking the group members if there is someone with strong business
ties with IBM and some spare time to help my case. Business ties means,
that business partners usually know people within IBM owing them a favor
and can probably act as mediator. In the end I'm searching for a contact
within IBM who is willing to benevolently hear my arguments and has the
competence to eventually decide to issue a permanent permit to publish IBM
documentation, for the benefit of the greater public. I'm open to discuss
details regarding such a permit, whatever those might be. I'm even willing
to accept a "no", as long as there is comprehensible reasoning -- contrary
to the behavior said contact has shown.
Thank you.
:wq! PoC
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