Licenses, Copyright and the Arch Wiki

I've written a wiki article explaining how to enable font anti-aliasing in Java apps and how to switch away from the default font, Lucida, that Java apps use. Unfortunately, it describes procedures for the closed(?) source Sun JRE.
I've included a 6 line snippet from the file /opt/java/jre/lib/fontconfig.properties.src. Three of those included lines are
# @(#)linux.fontconfig.properties 1.2 03/10/28
# Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
I've attempted to read the icense agreements that accompany the Sun JRE. I get simultaneously put to sleep and repulsed by the legalese.
Before I post the article, and hoping to prevent bad things, are there any guidelines for this.  I think my use of the code snippet and the procedures I give are covered under "fair use."
Or, to whom should I send the article for review?
IANAL -- I Am Not A Lawyer.
Anal? Yes, at times. A lawyer? No.

Oh, I'm old! I just now remembered why the file bothered me. I print a copy of the file, just pointing to different fonts.
The edited version is simply an emended version of the original. Which it has to be considering the files are config files. Where the original has 20 lines similar to these:
serif.plain.latin-1=-b&h-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bold.latin-1=-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.italic.latin-1=-b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
I have this:
serif.plain.latin-1=-misc-dejavu serif-medium-r-normal-*-*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bold.latin-1=-misc-dejavu serif-bold-r-normal-*-*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.italic.latin-1=-misc-dejavu serif-medium-i-normal-*-*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
I suppose the best thing to do is to note the original copyright in the second file.  You would have a hard time setting up any config file without doing copying.
I'm done. Thanks for helping me think this through.

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    Good, I believe that this is quite, if you need more information tell to me and it will make it come near.
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    codebuster.
    Last edited by codebuster (2010-07-26 14:44:07)

    kgas wrote:
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    ¡¡¡¡ Thanks a lot for the info !!! 
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    Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "false" # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers
    Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "false" # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers
    ¡ Many, many thanks and my best regards !
    codebuster.
    Last edited by codebuster (2010-07-26 08:26:55)

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