using rss on my site

[Remko Lodder]

Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> On 2/2/07, Remko Lodder <remko at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
>> > On 2/2/07, Илья Иванов <peanky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I am using FreeBSD for a long time and I support a web site about
>> >> computer
>> >> security. I would like to use your RSS security advisories on my 
>> site to
>> >> invite more users to FreeBSD. Can I use it on my site?
>> >
>> > The RSS stream itself is more or less public domain. I'm
>> > not sure about the advisories (their text), though. Hope
>> > they are in public domain, too. Secteam CC'ed.
>>
>> Hello I do not see a real reason why secteam@ is included
>> in the mailings, but the published RSS feeds can be used
>> by anyone. Personally I'd use the RSS feeds on my own
>> webpage to let our entries get more attention etc.
>>
>> So by all means, please use it in the public domain to make
>> more people aware of the issue.
> 
> Sorry for not making myself clear, I wanted to
> know if texts of security advisories was in
> public domain, and it's copyright status if not.
> 
> Thanks!

Hey, no problemo! There is no copyright imo, otherwise it
would have been stated in the RSS feed itself (somewhere [tm]),
but that isn't the case. Feel free to use it.

Thanks and enjoy the weekend!
remko

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