Re: [Bug-gnupedia] copyrights

[Dave Hein]

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Subject:                [Bug-gnupedia] copyrights
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> I understand that submissions to the encyclopedia 
> will have a copyright that maximizes freedom.
> Will the author own the copyright?

[NOTE:  IANAL, so don't rely entirely on what I say here;  
I recommend doing some investigation on your own.]

Yes, the author holds the copyright.  However the document 
must be released under the GFDL to be accepted for the 
encyclopedia;  the GFDL allows others to freely copy and 
distribute the document.

See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html for the text of 
the GFDL.

Note that the GFDL also allows others to modify the 
document, but forces the modified document to also be 
restricted by the GFDL.

The author retains the copyright, and has whatever 
protection against plagiarism and theft that a copyright 
offers.  The GFDL explicitly permits some behaviors that 
would be considered violations of the copyright without 
such permission.

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