I'd like to ask you to sign a disclaimer for your changes, thus putting them in the public domain. (For small to medium changes such as this, that is just as good for us as assigning copyright.) I'm assuming that you wrote these changes yourself; if other people wrote parts, we may need papers from them. I, , hereby disclaim all copyright interest in my changes and enhancements to the manual . I affirm that I have no other intellectual property interest that would undermine this release. I represent that these changes and enhancements are my own and not a copy of someone else's work. *Don't forget to include the date.* Spell out the month name--don't use a number for the month. Dates using a number for the month are ambiguous; 2/8/95 means one thing in the US and another in Europe. If your job includes writing manuals (even at a university), or have made an agreement with your employer or school saying it owns manuals you write, then we also need a signed disclaimer from your employer or school. This disclaimer should be signed by a vice president or general manager of the company. If you can't get at them, anyone else authorized to license a manual produced there will do. Here is a sample wording: Digital Stimulation Corporation hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the changes and enhancements made by Hugh Heffner to the manual "The Seduction Manual". We do not consider them as a work made for hire for us. Digital Stimulation Corporation affirms that it has no other intellectual property interest that would undermine this release. , 1 April 1987 Ty Coon, President of Vice, Digital Stimulation Corp. If your employer says they do have an intellectual property claim that could conflict with releasing your changes, then please put me in touch with a suitable representative of the company, so that we can negotiate what to do about it. IMPORTANT: When you talk to your employer, *no matter what instructions they have given you*, don't fail to show them the sample disclaimer above, or a disclaimer with the details filled in for your specific case. Companies are usually willing to sign a disclaimer without any fuss. If you make your request less specific, you may open Pandora's box and cause a long and unnecessary delay. Please snail the signed disclaimers to: Attn: Disclaimer Clerk Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Please print your email address on the printed disclaimer.