You lost me at "the voices that actually matter are those people that have contributed".<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/22/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Podz</b> <<a href="mailto:podz@tamba2.org.uk">podz@tamba2.org.uk</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;">
<br>1. This is nothing to do with me or my contributions.<br><br>2. This is everything to do with protecting the copyrights that belong<br>to each and every contributor.<br><br>3. Right now, all that's rattled out - by people who have not given
<br>largely to Codex - is the phrase "It's GPL". The people who actually<br>have done the work are not being consulted about their copyright.<br>Doesn't that strike you as odd ?<br><br>4. This is about taking action now so that the work is protected. From
<br><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html</a> -"be sure to find out who<br>the copyright holders of the software are before reporting a violation."
<br>and yet when I start to create a page of all the copyright holders, I<br>get told it is a waste of time. Please do explain WHY that is a waste of<br>time given that it would be needed.<br><br>5. The Codex still does not say that copyright is retained by the
<br>author. It does not say what rights the author may or may not have. It<br>does not say who may or may not make any judgements about copyright,<br>publishing, income generation etc. Don't you think it should ? It<br>doesn't matter one bit that YOU might know - it should be there in clear
<br>language for all to see and understand before they start typing<br><br>6. This is not about fame and reward AT ALL. My contributions to Codex<br>are way way less than a great many people, but that does not diminish<br>
the fact that I have the right to express what I want on this issue nor<br>does it stop me looking at the bigger picture and wondering just what is<br>going on. that is not a conspiracy theory, merely that right now this<br>
situation is just begging to be exploited given the condition it is in.<br><br>7. If this thread were about code in the Hackers list I'd be able to<br>feel the heat from here.<br><br>8. It's a mess. It needs sorting out and the voices that actually matter
<br>are those people that have contributed - and surely everyone is equal<br>there ? Or are we ? And if we are not, just say so.<br><br>P.<br>_______________________________________________<br>wp-docs mailing list<br><a href="mailto:wp-docs@lists.automattic.com">
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