On 11/05/2026 13.48, Dave Cridland wrote:
[..]
Actually, an author can guarantee that they are in a position to
assign the copyright to the document to the XSF. By, literally, saying so.
This indemnifies the XSF entirely (as long as we ensure it's explicit,
which I believe we do) - as far as the XSF is concerned, we had the
copyright assigned to us by someone who warranted that they were able
to do so. Therefore, we believe we own the copyright in good faith.
[..] I would first and foremost suggest that AI generated text is
just one aspect of copyrightability and copyright ownership, and
concentrate on whether or not the submitter asserts they have the
right to assign, and have done so.
I agree with this point of view. It does not matter how the work was
authored or by what or whom. Making a special case for AI does not make
sense to me here, and may actually make it harder on the XSF.
[..] I would much rather require that assignment (and
the
corresponding assertion of ability) is made much broader, and covered
for example this message, and messages, comments, and so on in other
XSF venues.
We discussed whether we should have a general Note Well, modeled after
the IETF's, before. Is that your suggestion here?
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ralphm