This would have been something better to do when it started, making the
members that make articles agree that their words would be copyright by
WordPress. I will have to keep this in mind next time I start
something public.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/21/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ryan Boren</b> <<a href="mailto:ryan@boren.nu">ryan@boren.nu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 23:29 +0100, Podz wrote:<br>> At this weeks #meetup, I proposed that the copyright ownership of Codex<br>> be transferred to the Free Software Foundation <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">http://www.fsf.org/
</a> (FSF).<br>> This was discussed at #meetup, but unfortunately Matt was not present.<br>> Because it is not entirely clear where we currently stand or what indeed<br>> the FSF can offer, I volunteered to get some information.
<br><br>Every single contributor to the Codex thus far must do a copyright<br>assignment to the FSF. Only they can grant their copyright to someone<br>else.<br><br>For future contributions, you can require that contributors fill out a
<br>copyright assignment. This can be very tedious and often requires the<br>use of fax machines.<br><br>For example,<br><br><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#jcaa">http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#jcaa
</a><br><br><br>Most open source projects don't bother with copyright assignment. It<br>often becomes a barrier to contribution.<br><br>Ryan<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>wp-docs mailing list<br>
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