Be more explicit and clear about attribution and non-endorsement for TFL authors due to copy-pasted chapters. #272
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daira
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| "Shielded Labs <https://shieldedlabs.net>", | ||
| # Note the following are primary authors of the `cl2-*.md` files which were copied and pasted from the `tfl-book` without their knowledge. They have not reviewed this book and do not endorse any of its content. |
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| # Note the following are primary authors of the `cl2-*.md` files which were copied and pasted from the `tfl-book` without their knowledge. They have not reviewed this book and do not endorse any of its content. | |
| # Note the following are primary authors of the `cl2-*.md` files which were copied and pasted from the `tfl-book` without their prior knowledge. They have not reviewed this book and do not necessarily endorse its content or design changes relative to Crosslink 2. |
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| This section is an almost direct paste from a section found in `https://github.com/Electric-Coin-Company/tfl-book` for the purposes of precisely committing to a (potentially incomplete, confusing, or inconsistent) precise set of book contents for a security design review. We believe this respects the license of the other repository. | ||
| This section is an almost direct paste from a section found in `https://github.com/Electric-Coin-Company/tfl-book` for the purposes of precisely committing to a (potentially incomplete, confusing, or inconsistent) precise set of book contents for a security design review. | ||
| We believe this respects the license of the other repository. However, the other authors of the TFL-Book, Daira Hopwood and Jack Grigg have not reviewed and do not endorse anything found in this repository in terms of design or otherwise. |
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| We believe this respects the license of the other repository. However, the other authors of the TFL-Book, Daira Hopwood and Jack Grigg have not reviewed and do not endorse anything found in this repository in terms of design or otherwise. | |
| We believe this respects the license of the other repository. However, the other authors of the TFL-Book, Daira-Emma Hopwood and Jack Grigg have not reviewed and do not necessarily endorse its content or design changes relative to Crosslink 2. Also note that any corrections made to the TFL-Book will not necessarily be reflected here. |
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| This section is an almost direct paste from a section found in `https://github.com/Electric-Coin-Company/tfl-book` for the purposes of precisely committing to a (potentially incomplete, confusing, or inconsistent) precise set of book contents for a security design review. We believe this respects the license of the other repository. | ||
| This section is an almost direct paste from a section found in `https://github.com/Electric-Coin-Company/tfl-book` for the purposes of precisely committing to a (potentially incomplete, confusing, or inconsistent) precise set of book contents for a security design review. | ||
| We believe this respects the license of the other repository. However, the other authors of the TFL-Book, Daira Hopwood and Jack Grigg have not reviewed and do not endorse anything found in this repository in terms of design or otherwise. |
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| We believe this respects the license of the other repository. However, the other authors of the TFL-Book, Daira Hopwood and Jack Grigg have not reviewed and do not endorse anything found in this repository in terms of design or otherwise. | |
| We believe this respects the license of the other repository. However, the other authors of the TFL-Book, Daira-Emma Hopwood and Jack Grigg have not reviewed and do not necessarily endorse its content or design changes relative to Crosslink 2. Also note that any corrections made to the TFL-Book will not necessarily be reflected here. |
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I copy-pasted portions of the TFL book as an expedient without up-front consent from the other TFL Book authors. This PR adds proper attribution and also makes it clear their contribution to TFL Book doesn't imply any review/endorsement of the work here on by the Shielded Labs team.