One could make an argument that the Foundation has a compilation copyright on the contents of the encyclopedias, if one wanted to launch some legal efforts based on the existing content before we get a more explicit authorized-agent license in the legalese associated with making a contribution.
Someone might fight back on that point, and might conceivably win, but we'd probably make it to trial on that point. Which is probably far enough.
-george
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
2008/6/11 Michael Bimmler mbimmler@gmail.com:
IANAL, but how exactly can they sue them if they don't own the copyright (resp. patent rights or whatever) to the software? Are you suggesting that the WMF takes 'mandates' from individual WM contributors to sue on behalf of them?
It's something I have thought about more than once - making some kind of contract between me and the WMF, granting them rights to replublish the material I created for the various projects, and authorizing them to take action against copyright infringement on them on my behalf.
-- Andre Engels, andreengels@gmail.com ICQ: 6260644 -- Skype: a_engels
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