On 5/18/07, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
I rather think that, from Sean's initial description, the reaction of "the person opposing this is being querellous, shoot them" was apropos.
No something along the lines of "linky?" would be better (certainly one of the first two questions I ask on IRC the other being "what country are you in?")
And I think the basic question of "What do we do when a copyright holder is subjected to an interrogation assuming no good faith whatsoever, particularly when that copyright holder is a well- respected member of the community" is an important one.
Assuming good faith does not mean an assumption of an in depth knowledge of copyright an inheritance law.
And the answer should not be "make them jump through a bunch of hoops."
As long as we keep the hoops relevant it's about the only option. And I'm afraid the more complex the situation the more hoops there will be.