On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:38 AM, James Alexander < jalexander(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: [Was not previously a list subscriber; have done that now. Thanks to James Alexander for bringing this to my attention.] Kenan and I (along with other members of product and design) have been looking at this language for a while to try to improve it. #1 on my list is definitely to say "agree to irrevocably release" instead of "irrevocably agree to release". :) The legal meaning is essentially the same but the new wording would be clearer. That said, we're thinking about rewriting a lot of the copyright language stuff to make it more clear (and hopefully shorter to boot!) so it don't think it is a high priority to rewrite/revise this - it may be completely revised/reorganized in the next few months anyway. Hope that helps- Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.*

When you get around to it, please ask Language Engineering - we'd love to I'm curious - what's the normal process for that in Foundation software? i.e., whose responsibility is it, when is the best time to start thinking about that, etc.? It is not something Legal has been involved in much in the past, so I don't know much about the process (though I've been involved with it for other open source projects for many years, so I am familiar with many of the concepts).