Dear All,
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 ?
Thanks a lot for any feedback,
adulau
Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:
Dear All,
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 ?
Thanks a lot for any feedback,
Just assign it to Jimbo, the effect is much the same.
-- Tim Starling
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.
It's definitely safer and much more clear !
Le 22 juil. 05 à 00:24, Angela a écrit :
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.
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On 22/Jul/05 12:21 +0200, Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
It's definitely safer and much more clear !
What is "definitely safer and much more clear" ? with or without copyright assignment to the wikimedia foundation ?
The solution for the GNU Project is quite nice as there is a kind of "protective clause" in the case of "going crazy".
I was answering Tim Starling who said :
"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?"
And I do agree that it is definitely safer, avoiding us to be sued for copyvio.
I would also like to remember that many legislations forbid copyright assignment outside of very protective formal rules and that it would be extremely difficult to implement such a solution.
Le 24 juil. 05 à 22:28, Alexandre Dulaunoy a écrit :
On 22/Jul/05 12:21 +0200, Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
It's definitely safer and much more clear !
What is "definitely safer and much more clear" ? with or without copyright assignment to the wikimedia foundation ?
The solution for the GNU Project is quite nice as there is a kind of "protective clause" in the case of "going crazy".
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Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
I was answering Tim Starling who said :
"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?"
It was Angela who said that.
-- Tim Starling
Is that a warning? ;)
Mark
On 21/07/05, Angela beesley@gmail.com wrote:
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.
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