FAQ FOR SCI.LANG.JAPAN - INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
This is the FAQ for the USENET newsgroups sci.lang.japan. The FAQ now
is in HTML format, ready to be used by any information browser like
Mosaic and Netscape.
I decided to HTML'ize it because 1) there is a trend of using WWW for
FAQs and documents for the general public access, 2) it will make
easier the display of the characters (kana and kanji) and 3) the
links can be really useful for downloading stuff.
If you don't have Mosaic or any HTML browser but want to, click here.
Click here to see where this FAQ can be obtained.
Please send any suggestion regarding this document to me,
santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp. Information about me is in my Home
Page.
Of course I did not put all this info alone. Thanks for all those
that helped me and offered suggestions and information. I hope that
with help this document will continue to be up-to-date and useful.
Disclaimers
- Standard disclaimers apply: I am NOT being paid for writing about
the books, magazines, products and software and (as far as I
know) there is no copyright infringement of any kind.
- I am not a native English speaker, so please correct me even on
this.
- All the addresses and related information came by advertisements
on the magazines and books, and are subject to errors.
- Some of the topics on this FAQ are not part of sci.lang.japan
scope, but some people asked me about it, and I decided to
include them here.
- About some reprinted parts or whole articles of Mangajin: In 1992
I send a letter to them, that was published in the number 21,
page 4, as follows: "... Is it possible to mention or quote
Mangajin articles, for example, the Computer Corner, on a public
network ? I believe that it will benefit a lot of people
interested in learning Japanese and will introduce Mangajin to
people who don't know about your magazine.". The answer was: "As
long as there is no money changing hands, we have no objections
at all to having portions of Mangajin reproduced or 'quoted'. As
you point out, it helps spread the word. We welcome that kind of
use in the classroom as well. One point I have to make, however,
is that we can give permission only for the editorial content
(basically, everything that's in English). We have only one-time
serial rights to the manga material, and permission to copy that,
even in the ways you mentioned, is not ours to give."
- I would like the cooperation from whoever had read some books on
the reviews, because some information came from advertisements,
and the books can be in the wrong category.
- There are some references to e-mail of authors of software and
(maybe on the future) reviews. If somebody don't want to see
his/her e-mail address here, tell me as soon as possible, so I
can remove it.
Click Rafael Santos (santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp)
Last Update: March 25, 1995