[Wikipedia-l] What would Richard Stallman say? (IP users)

Tue Feb 24 01:10:05 UTC 2004

talthen at wp.pl wrote:
> > Whether the writer of the text is anonymous or not should have no
> > effect on these issues.  The writer holds the copyright unless it is a
> > work made for hire.
> Writer owns the copyright forever no matter what. Even if you made smth for
> hire, you still owns the copyright. Copyright is smth you can't sell, can't
> buy, can't lose. "Copyright by John Smith" means exactly: "John Smith has
> made this". It's just to state the fact.

Look, I appreciate people chiming in with information, but if you
don't know what you're talking about, please don't chime in as if you
are speaking authoritatively.  This is an unmoderated list, so you're
welcome to post, but really, I think a bit of restraint is in good
taste.

For the record, the stuff that talthen at wp.pl wrote is all completely
wrong, and has absolutely no applicability to anything we're
discussing.

And a lot of stuff that other people are writing, though I prefer not
to name names, is equally speculative and wrong.

--Jimbo