[Foundation-l] Rodovid.org, family tree wiki, wishes to become a wiki project

[Ray Saintonge]

Legal rules vary considerably from one jurisdiction to the next.  It is 
important to be conscious of them, but I don't think that it's necessary 
to adhere to the most extreme ones in jurisdictions with which we have 
little if any connection. 

One needs to start from a common sense pragmatic policy position which 
develops carefully as the project grows.  Different information may be 
subject to different standards.  .

Ec

Benjamin Webb wrote:

>Perhaps you are right, but the thing I like about Rodovid is that you
>can create your family tree, and in order to do that you must add
>yourself, who is obviously living, and also your parents, who are
>likely to be as well.
>
>What legal rules are there, because they are most important and must
>be implemented as soon as possible. An additional policy can be
>decided on later.
>
>On 31/03/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>Simply asking a person's permission would simply lead to chaos.  The
>>person whom you ask may agree, but his brother may not.  A 110 year rule
>>may be a little excessive.  The US census, for example, is in the public
>>domain after 72 years.  BMD announcements in newspapers are all a matter
>>of public record; telephone directories, property tax records and the
>>Social Security Death Index are all publicly available sources of
>>information.
>>