[Foundation-l] re GFDL publisher credit

Sat Jul 15 15:55:03 UTC 2006

Anthony wrote:

>On 7/14/06, Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
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>>" ...Wikimedia doesn't transfer the ownership of anything, and there is no
>>rental, lease, or lending. But then again, by that definition
>>*nothing* distributed over the Internet is published, and I doubt a
>>court would agree with that...."
>>
>>Because of the way the GFDL works, ownership is transferred to every person
>>that receives it.
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>Ownership of what?  The ownership of copyright doesn't get
>transferred.  Copies of the work don't get transferred.  What gets
>transferred?  Bits?
>
I agree with you on this.  GFDL is a licence, not a transfer of ownership.

Ec