[Fedora-join] Fwd: Note on copying

[Paul Frields]

For the second time in a couple months, Ryan and I ran into a
situation where a contributor basically copied largely from online
articles to create a Magazine article. I'll amend our "how to write
for us" article, but could you folks also help us get the word out if
you happen to feature Magazine as a "get started" contribution for new
community members? Thanks.

Paul


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Frields <***@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:09 PM
Subject: Note on copying
To: Fedora Magazine mailing list <***@lists.fedoraproject.org>


Sometimes it's a good idea to quote in an article where it helps the
reader understand a topic, or promotes an additional reliable source.
However, copying wholesale from articles -- even if the text's license
allows it -- is unacceptable for the Magazine.

There may be limited exceptions by agreement with the editors and
community. But at its worst, it's plagiarism. As a rule, writers
should avoid copying from elsewhere.

[Ankur Sinha]

Hi Paul,

Post by Paul Frields
For the second time in a couple months, Ryan and I ran into a
situation where a contributor basically copied largely from online
articles to create a Magazine article. I'll amend our "how to write
for us" article, but could you folks also help us get the word out if
you happen to feature Magazine as a "get started" contribution for new
community members? Thanks.

Yes - of course. We'll keep this in mind. Thanks for the note.