Re: [gnome-summary] Gnome Summary copyright (fwd)

["Tim Ney, GNOME " Foundation <director gnome org>]

Hello Sri,

These are important questions. Let me review them with a lawyer.  

tim

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:47:15, Sri Ramkrishna wrote:


> * When we do interviews, what is the agreement between interviewer and 
>   interviewee if we have to modify text of his interview say for grammar
>   and spelling.  What legal agreements must we have with who we interview?
> 
> * Who owns gnome-summaries in terms of copyright?  There is no legal 
>   entity called "gnome-summaary".  One thing I thought would be to have
>   it as Creative Commons.  Since we are using web space on d.g.o, does
>   that make us part of Gnome foundation and if not.
> 
> There is possibility of being sued for libel or what not under American
> law.  What legal protections must we have when we do these things?  
> Expanding gnome-summary could have possible legal repercussions if we
> continue doing interviews and what.