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→Can Wikipedia (or any Wiki) Stop Copying of Entries?: standing, contracts
:Now as to whether anyone can stop the copying: I suspect that they could. I'll give you an insight from another context: firmware for a wireless router. When the company that currently owns the Linksys name incorporated code from the [[Linux]] operating system in the firmware for their WRT-54G family of wireless combination access point/routers, the Free Software Foundation sent them a cease-and-desist order. Linksys concluded that they just couldn't keep that code proprietary anymore, so they released the code. The result has been the invention of a number of "alternative firmwares" for that device. But it has ''also'' set a precedent that "copyleft" provisions ''are'' enforceable.
:Now as to whether anyone can stop the copying: I suspect that they could. I'll give you an insight from another context: firmware for a wireless router. When the company that currently owns the Linksys name incorporated code from the [[Linux]] operating system in the firmware for their WRT-54G family of wireless combination access point/routers, the Free Software Foundation sent them a cease-and-desist order. Linksys concluded that they just couldn't keep that code proprietary anymore, so they released the code. The result has been the invention of a number of "alternative firmwares" for that device. But it has ''also'' set a precedent that "copyleft" provisions ''are'' enforceable.
:And even if they couldn't go to court--well, I'd certainly hate to see any of our dual users get blocked for unlawful copying. That kind of misunderatanding would truly be a crying shame.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 20:33, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
:And even if they couldn't go to court--well, I'd certainly hate to see any of our dual users get blocked for unlawful copying. That kind of misunderatanding would truly be a crying shame.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 20:33, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
The original contributors are the copyright owners (Wikipedia contributions aren't a [http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter0/0-c.html "work for hire"], and there's no other agreement to transfer copyright ownership), and the copyright owners [https://message.computerlaw.com/GH_ShowArticle.asp?HID=35 are the only ones who have standing] to sue for infringement. Outside of court of course, standing isn't strictly adhered to, anybody can negotiate on behalf of the copyright owners, particularly if they believe they'll be able to find and assist the people who have standing by the time a lawsuit could occur.
That's just copyright law though, I guess non-copyleft licenses may behave [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031214210634851 more like contracts], I don't know. --[[User:Interiot|Interiot]] 12:32, 9 July 2008 (EDT)
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