LDC replies to maveric:
I'm sure it's just outdated. From the discussions we've had about the
topic
here and on the mailing list, it's clear that the intent is that Bomis
hold a
collection copyright on Wikipedia as a whole, but that individual
articles
are still copyrighted by their original author(s), who grant use of
them
under the GFDL to Bomis and to the public. Further, Bomis grants
license to
use the collection under the GFDL as well. Yes, there need to be
clearer
statements of these legal positions here. -- Lee Daniel Crocker
Why does "Bomis hold a collection copyright on Wikipedia as a whole"? I think the contributors are the ones who form the collection (create the hypertext structure, "place the links"). Where is the essential part that Bomis adds to Wikipedia (in an ideal way - I don't mean the server space)?
Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful to Jimbo/the Bomis people for making this possible. It's just something I don't understand (but I'm no lawyer) - could someone explain this to me?
Bye, Kurt
P.S.: I can hardly wait to have the German WP running under the PHP script.