I suggest we simplify all the issues by adopting a very
simple policy along the following lines: (01)
Any author who submits any comment or note to any
forum or wiki sponsored by the OOR agrees to the
following conditions: (02)
1. The original author retains the copyright to his
or her original work. (03)
2. But any author who submits his or her work as
a comment or email note grants a nonexclusive
license to the OOR for use or reuse in all
further discussion on any OOR forum or wiki. (04)
3. The OOR may authorize any further copying,
redistribution, or compilation of any or all
notes and comments submitted under this policy
either with or without citation of the original
authors. (05)
With this policy, citing the original author is
optional. It's polite to do so, but if it's hard
to trace the chain of quotations, there is no
obligation to do so. (06)
A policy along the above lines automatically
eliminates all the problems. Anybody who objects
has a simple way to protect his or her ideas:
read the messages without saying anything. (07)
John Sowa (08)
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