I was contacted off-list about this situation by someone who wants to remain anonymous but
has given me permission to forward their input to the list. I am not a copyright expert
and this isn't professional legal advice. It would be interesting to hear what WMF
Legal thinks about republishing emails, both from the privacy angle and the copyright
angle.
Thanks,
Pine
Pine, why not just suggest she invite respondents to adopt a free license, instead of
reinventing the wheel? Like..."I'd like to have the right to republish these
stories, but it's up to the respondents. If you're willing, please explicitly
state that you release these under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license; or, if you'd rather not
be identified, under the CC-0 license."
We have these tools for a reason :)