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<p>Thanks Eric for the info,</p>
<p>It is a pity WriteTheDocs isn't a non-profit, but I understand
the challenges with setting up a not-for-profit - the OSGeo
Foundation went through a lot of heartache going through the
process.</p>
<p>While it would be great if were legally under the umbrella of
WriteTheDocs, I suspect that being under the umbrella of a
not-for-profit entity will be important for potential contributors
from big companies.</p>
<p>I'm open to suggestions on who we should reach out to here.</p>
<p>Cheers, Cameron<br>
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<div dir="ltr">WTD info is documented here: <a
href="http://www.writethedocs.org/about-us/#legal-entity"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.writethedocs.org/about-us/#legal-entity</a> --
so, if you're looking for a non-profit organization, we're not
one at the moment. It might be in the cards eventually, but it
likely doesn't make sense for us currently.
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<div>We don't do any copyright assignment, so each person owns
their own contributions on our site. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Folks,
<div>We should consider which legal entity will own the
material we create.</div>
<div>People or a legal entity will own artifacts we create
and others can use the artifact under the terms of the
license.</div>
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<div>As I understand it, our options are:</div>
<div>* Every contributor owns their personal contribution.
This makes it very difficult to relicense a collective
work in future, which has pros and cons.</div>
<div>* More common is to assign ownership to a trustworthy
non-profit foundation, (such as the Apache Foundation,
Open Source Foundation, or Open Source Geospatial
Foundation).</div>
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<div>I'm in favour of selecting a suitable foundation to
assign our copyright to and would like to hear
suggestions. I suspect the legal structure behind
WriteTheDocs would be good.</div>
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<div>Eric, Jennifer, do you know the legal status of
WriteTheDocs? Or are you able to put us in touch with
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