I was wondering what is the current status of the explicit copyright assignment to the wikimedia foundation. Is it possible to do so instead of the non-explicit copyright assignment for any original wikipedia contribution ? Is there any official procedure and form to assign copyright to the foundation ?
There isn't any standard form yet. I'm not convinced the Foundation should want people to assign copyright to it though. Isn't it a lot safer if we don't have ownership of any of the content? If we only own the trademarks and domain name, there's a lot less to lose should the Board go crazy and sell out to Microsoft or if someone successfully sues us.
Angela.