On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Teofilo <teofilowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I want to say very clearly that without the provisions
included under
Creative Commons 3.0 article 5, it will be very difficult for
volunteer contributors to consider working for a project that makes
them liable to all kinds of complaints. For that reason, the proposed
"Indemnity" clause of the proposed new terms of use is a tremendous
change. This sort of major change should be discussed in a very wide
consultation with the community, with a "sitenotice" announcement on
all projects, rather than making a surreptitious change as is being
proposed on Meta.
See also
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use#Terms_of_use.2316._Indemni…
Also posted on the meta page:
You are misunderstanding the interplay between these sections. The
section of the CC license you quote disclaims warranties; such
disclaimers have limited applicability and scope, and can't be used to
avoid liability arising in other ways. Additionally, and obviously,
nothing in the disclaimer allows the contributor to violate the terms
of service agreement, and the indemnity clause applies only to such
violations.
~Nathan