Copyright of text written at LifeIn19x19

[tealeaf]

An optimist, I see.

hehe, But I think Helel is right.

The only thing a copyright will change is if you are able to take legal action.

I don't think anyone is going to sue someone else for copping his or her post on the forum...
Just don't post anything that someone else is using to make money (don't post digital copies of books ect.)

so you can discuss all you want but all you get is the right to take legal action, but because nobody will take this action the discussion about the copyright of forum posts is kind of pointless in my opinion...

I would say that protection from (even the threat of) legal action is the more important result.

[CarlJung]

What was (is) the take on copyright over at gd? Can't we just adopt what worked over there?

[unkx80]

SL uses the legacy OpenContent License. It only stays that way because it is impossible to trace every single person who contributed to SL, and hence no way to get everybody to agree to a license change. New works should use the Creative Commons licenses instead.

Now this brings up the question of license selection, if we decide to have one on L19. If we want L19 to be compatible with SL, then I think OpenContent License has to be used. But then, we will have to live with an antiquated license. I am not a lawyer, but do you think it is possible to have L19 dual licensed using OpenContent License and a Creative Commons license? Any legal experts here?

[CarlJung]

If we want L19 to be compatible with SL, then I think OpenContent License has to be used.

Why would we want that? What problem does it solve?

[unkx80]

If we want L19 to be compatible with SL, then I think OpenContent License has to be used.

Why would we want that? What problem does it solve?

I was referring to ross' earlier post regarding the ability to (bulk) transfer content from the forum to SL.

From my understanding, none of the CC licenses are compatible with OpenContent License.

[CarlJung]

Do we want a specific policy for the copyright of people's text here at L19?

I vote No.

[tealeaf]

I'm back on a real computer now, so can actually express myself.

The only issue that would make me push for an explicit CC licence is that, at some point in the future, LifeIn19x19 might go the way of GoDiscussions. In that case, it would be nice if the backlog of posts could be transferred to the new site. With the existing copyright situation, that could cause problems if certain posters said that they refused to allow their posts to be reproduced on the new site. (Actual legal action is unlikely, but the worry is there.) It's one reason why I deleted my database dump of GoDiscussions when people were first talking about moving to a new site.

With a CC licence, to which you agree when you join the site, it keeps things flexible for future developments.

Apart from that, though, I'm perfectly happy just for people to leave it all unsaid.

[Phelan]

I wouldn't mind using CC, but I wonder if that wouldn't restrict posts from Go authors like John Fairbairn and T Mark Hall, for example. I'd like to hear their opinion on this.