At 08:56 AM 29-07-00 -0500, you wrote:

>I for one, have not nearly completely read the manuals. And even if I did, I
>would not remember most of it. I get most of my help from the online help,
>hacking and new and old newsgroup messages. So people like myself could
>probably write chapters of the documentation without violating any copyright
>laws. And also, don't quote me on this, but I have heard numerous times,
>that it is not copyright infringement if the material is 30% different from
>the original. So I guess if we change every 3rd word, we'd be ok?

FYI, the on-line help IS the user documentation. This is what has been
withheld by Inprise.

>It would be nice if we could get some REAL legal input on this. Any
>lawyers(is the Brittish word barrister?) out there?

We are getting legal input.

Helen