discuss: Wiki Conversion Process
Subject:
Re: Wiki Conversion Process
From:
Jimmy Hess ####@####.####
Date:
9 Jan 2013 01:01:39 +0000
Message-Id: <CAAAwwbVmW913g0mywJTvs+npvYYx=W88Xe8hOEUBHWoL-3N9pQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 1/8/13, Roger ####@####.#### wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 11:47:19PM +0200, Wesley Werner wrote:
> See the Domain registrant.
> I'm no lawyer, but have some experience with law within the US.
You know what I would say about it... either find a Lawyer, to
provide input, or at least,
assume the risk does exist, and take an accordingly maximal
conservative approach.
Being overly cautious has less downsides than leaping through the darkness.
> 1) There's profit involved, and TLDP has none that I know of from the
> documents and from what was recently discussed within the past week;
The same cannot necessarily be said about all consumers of TLDP
documents, eg OS vendor who might like to include TLDP documents as
supplementary files in commercial open source software distributions
for customers' convenience, who might in theory like to point the
finger back at the TLDP or individuals involved: in the unlikely event
of an alleged infringement.
> 2) There's some
> sort of damage or injury, or reasonable belief harm can be done etc, and there
Yes, but that's a fairly low barrier for anyone interested to cross.
> within the same domain. Although I'm no lawyer, I don't see a need to even
> contact an author, aside from maybe pushing a public notice to the website
> and maybe mailing list.
Perhaps it is the courteous thing to do; if there was not a prior
understanding, about whatever changes would be made to their
document.
Perhaps, as authors, they are owed that much, morally.
Perhaps, the very first thing to do, if you actually don't want
lawyers to be involved, is:
ensure not to treat authors inequitably, unfairly, or in such manner
as makes anyone upset -- make sure the authors are informed of what
you are doing, and given the opportunity to object, without lawyers
> You're just looking for problems if you send an emai
> to every author's private corporate email address, whom submitted documentation
> in their free time - separate from work. ;-) (I think most lawyers would
> agree with my last comment here.)
If they did not intend to be contacted: possibly, they would not have put
that e-mail address in the document.
Or perhaps a note needs to be made in the document that the e-mail
address no longer works, or the author now wants to be contacted at
(new address)
or not at all.
--
-JH
