[Wikipedia-l] The Defendent

[Alex R.]

My reply to this obvious legal issue question posted on the legal list:
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikilegal-l/2003-December/000109.html
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Bauder" <fredbaud at ctelco.net>
To: <wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] The Defendent


> >From http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL
>
> "...the text contained in Wikipedia is licensed to the public under the
GNU
> Free Documentation License (GFDL)"
>
> This statement gives us standing as licensor, the defendent is a licensee
> under the GFDL.
>
> Fred
>
> > From: Delirium <delirium at rufus.d2g.com>
> > Reply-To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
> > Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:29:54 -0800
> > To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] The Defendent
> >
> > Fred Bauder wrote:
> >
> >> I think Flexicon is the logical defendent with Wikipedia as a the
plaintiff
> >> should we chose to not accept repeated violations of our copyright, if
> >> contact with them requesting compliance proves unproductive. Ulrich
Fuchs is
> >> right to point this out but throwing in the "five author" question is
not
> >> productive as we do want people, including commercial sites, to reuse
our
> >> material without onerous requirements.
> >>
> >>
> > I'm not sure how Wikipedia could be the plaintiff, as it doesn't hold
> > copyright to the material.  The material I've submitted to Wikipedia,
> > for example, is copyrighted by me.  I have licensed it under the GFDL,
> > so Wikipedia, as well as anyone else willing to abide by the terms of
> > the GFDL, is free to use my text.  But they have no more rights to it
> > than any other random person or entity does.
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> >
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