[Foundation-l] Publishing

Wed Jul 5 01:07:30 UTC 2006

Dont we have a lawyer for these kind of things? =D

On 7/4/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
>
> Anthere wrote:
>
> >Also, unless I am wrong in what defines an "author", I
> >see not why the Foundation would be listed as a
> >co-author of the books, or of any wikibooks in the
> >future.
> >
> >
> In part I am responsible for this chain of events as far as claiming the
> WMF as an "author". I'm still not convinced that the Foundation isn't an
> author or at least a copyright claimant, but I was trying to make a
> politically neutral sentiment when I created the copyright notice that
> the Wikijunior books have which simply stated the following:
>
> "(c) Copyright 2004–2006, Wikimedia Foundation Inc. and contributing
> authors, all rights reserved. Permission is granted to copy, distribute
> and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Document
> License, version 1.2."
>
> I have tried to solicit comments about this wording, and the page it is
> on
> (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Solar_System/Copyright_Notice)
> dates back to over a year ago when I first put it up. I'm sorry that it
> has created this kind of problem. All this user did was use the WMF name
> as one of the "authors", just as the copyright notice claimed.
>
> I know this was a small detail at the time, but it is the kind of minor
> detail that can create huge problems if not done correctly. If there are
> any reasonable suggestions on how to change the wording of this
> copyright slug and what should be listed here instead, it would be
> appreciated. This is a Wiki page and thus is editable by ordinary
> Wikimedia users as well
>
> --
> Robert Scott Horning
>
>
>
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