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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/6/11 Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com>om>:
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.
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