Dear Mr. Stallman,
In my understanding by IP-users he meant the anonymous users who post in Wikipedia without having a registered user account (user name and password). When someone posts without username and password, his or her IP (Internet Protocol) address is shown.
My opinion is that an anonymous user (IP user) still owns the copyright of his or her works he or she uploads. I don't think it matters he or she has no user account in Wikipedia: he or she still owns the copyright for his or her original work and he or she chooses to submit his or her work under the terms of GFDL. So, in short, the "IP user" manages the copyright of his or her edits or contributions (which he or she chose to distribute under the terms of GFDL after he or she pressed the Save button in Wikipedia). (IANAL - I am not a lawyer).
By the way: Happy to see you posting on Wikipedia mailing list. I would like to Thank you for your "GNU" project and Wish you Happiness in your life and Peace Profound.
--Optim
--- Richard Stallman rms@gnu.org wrote: ...
BTW: What is your opinion on who managesthe copyrights of IP-users?
I cannot understand this either. What are "IP-users"? If I guess that "IP" stands for "intellectual property", I still can't understand what the question means; but please don't *ever* use the term "intellectual property". It spreads bias and confusion.
See
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html.
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