discuss: KWiki
Subject:
Re: KWiki
From:
Dan Richter ####@####.####
Date:
18 Sep 2003 19:17:12 -0000
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.1.20030918210958.02e3c828@mail.wimba.com>
> - ...if the Wiki cannot track the contributors, then there is no
copyright on the
> contributions and the contributions are under the public domain.
The Software Release Practice HOWTO <http://tinyurl.com/nukf> notes that
some open-source authors choose to assign the copyright to the Free
Software Foundation. You don't give up much that way because the GPL
protects everyone's rights, including yours.
Why not do the same for the Wiki? Rather than assigning the copyright to
yourself, assign it to the Free Software Foundation. Then tell everyone
that the content of the Wiki is released under the GFDL (or whatever
license you want), and they can take the content and do whatever the
license allows them to do - but by storing any of their content on the
Wiki, they agree to assign the copyright to the FSF. That way you don't
have to worry about listing the copyright owners.
--
Well-known spam nemesis Ron Scelson filed for bankruptcy earlier this
year [2003], and a review of bankruptcy documents shows he owes
Bell South $56,463 for "circuits" and Cable & Wireless another
$4,407 as his "Internet provider."
- Quoted from MSNBC's "Who profits from spam?"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/940490.asp?0dm=B214T&cp1=1
