[hibernate-dev] Quoting JPA specs

[Vlad Mihalcea]

Hi,

For the Hibernate docs it might be fine since it's non-profit derivative
work.
But I always follow this rule on my blog or in my book because it's better
to be safe than sorry.
The "fair use" might give you a safety hook but ultimately it is the
license agreement that matters the most.

In the JPA spec case we are fine because of the following clause:

"(iii) excerpting
brief portions of the Specification in oral or written communications which
discuss the Specification provided
that such excerpts do not in the aggregate constitute a significant portion
of the Specification."

Vlad

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Hardy Ferentschik <hardy at hibernate.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > > The JPA specs are under copyright, so instead of quoting we should just
> > > provide the section and
> > > make a summary in our own wording.
> >
> > I don't think that's needed, in addition it'd do more harm than good.
> > The specific wording makes a difference, summarizing it in your own
> > words is already an interpretation which may or may not alter the
> > exact semantics.
>
> +1 I would have the same fear. As Gunnar is saying, the specific wording
> might be important.
>
> For what it's worth, I quote quite regularly from the Bean Validation spec
> when answering Validator/Bean Validation questions. As long as you make
> clear
> where it is coming from, I don't see a problem here.
>
> --Hardy
>