Talk:Solicit content

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I think it might be good for us to have something of a standard about how we solicit input for the wiki from list members. I am not trying to lay down rules or dictate anything, just making a suggestion, which I will have no power to enforce :).

I think it's most fair to ask people off list. If they want to refuse, they ought to be able to do that without feeling like we made them do it in front of the whole community.

I think we need to tell them what the licensing terms of contributions are--just asking someone "hey can I put this on the wiki?" is not really adequate disclosure, because what we're actually doing is asking them to license their content for unlimited reproduction and derivative works by any noncommercial entity. It's not really fair (even if it were legal) not to tell them that in advance. Technically if we just point them to the wiki and say "put your content there", it would be them that made the contribution and their responsibility to read the licensing terms, but that's still not really a fair disclosure. We should let them know what the deal is and let them make their decision with full understanding of the implications.

Those are my thoughts.

Msouth 03:26, 10 May 2010 (UTC)