I suppose we could add a disclaimer saying that the Terms of Use do not affect the editor's moral rights, although this would be a bit redundant since the CC-BY-SA license already states this.
Ryan Kaldari On 12/12/11 12:42 PM, Maggie Dennis wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Teofilo<teofilow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Le 11 décembre 2011 19:02, MZMcBride<z...@mzmcbride.com> a écrit : >>> Hi. >>> >>> The "Terms of use" rewrite is starting to wind down. The current draft is >>> here:<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use>. >> From the point of view of Continental Europe, where creators enjoy >> advanced copyright laws which protect their attribution right, I think >> this implementation of the - creator belittling - US copyright law on >> Wikimedia projects is a disgrace. What the licensing section of this >> draft terms of use is saying is that the WMF simply disregards the >> attribution rights which are granted by law in their countries. It is >> humiliating. >> >> By the clever use of attribution licenses, there was a way to >> conciliate continental European laws and US or British laws. The WMF >> decides not to do so, and to stubbornly push the US-copyright law >> point of view. It is a pity. >> >> Perhaps the WMF should not have relied on a US lawyer alone. Perhaps a >> team associating a US lawyer with a continental Europe lawyer would >> have been better. >> >> > I just noticed that Geoff sent this a while back in response to the digest, > forgetting to include the specific subject line. Don't want it overlooked, > so I'm pasting it in here. Apologies to those who may wind up reading it > twice. :) > > @Teofilo. Thanks for your comments. The licensing and attribution > > requirements in the proposed Terms of > > use<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use#7._Licensing_of_Content>are > > intended to be exactly the same as the current Terms > > of use<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_use>. If you don't > > believe that is the case, it would be most helpful if you could include > > your comments on the discussion > > page<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use>, > > so we can correct this. If it provides any comfort, I have lived 10 years > > in Europe while working extensively with European legal issues. Indeed, I > > was awarded the honor of Chevalier de l'ordre national du Merite by the > > French government because of my abilities to bridge the differences between > > U.S. and French law. And I also enjoyed studying European and > > international law at the University of Strasbourg. That said, I'm always > > open to suggestions to better improve my understanding of other cultures > > and laws, and, for that reason, your participation on the discussion page > > would be most welcome. > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l