[WikiEN-l] [mhollist at cox.net: RE: Use of content from Wikipedia]

Wed Nov 19 16:33:25 UTC 2003

From: "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com>

>Okay, Alex. You're the lawyer, you formulate the policy.

It is very frustrating for a jurist to be told that others do not want to
discuss things, even though IAAL, this is NALO (not a legal opinion).
We should still work on these things together and not create an "legal"
ghetto of lawyer/volunteers in Wikimedia land. Law does not have to
be that stuff that those guys write up that take over our lives, this is
exactly why some many corporations/millionaires have captured the
legistlative process, "public-spirited artists" just seem to let it happen
and they wake up after it is all done. I'd rather be a media artist/lawyer
activist (actually that is sort of what I am at times).

>I hope it includes a section on "how to communicate politely but firmly
>with apparently accidental GFDL infringement".

It definitely will and I nominate Ed to write it.

Alex, the poor lawyer