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Subject: Legal Framework
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iphazard
Posts:87
11/10/2006 11:46 AM Alert 
It's been a long road to create a legal framework for this project that is open enough to promote participation, but still allows our publisher to sell the book and allows Shared Insights, who has spent significant resources developing the community platform, to recoup its investment.

The current TOS are abot to be replaced by a new version in preparation for a formal project launch next week. The changes are relatively minor, and mainly serve to clarigy the intent of the exisiting TOS.

joe_flum
Posts:151
11/10/2006 1:05 PM Alert 
Will the new system (enhanced wiki + goodies) incorporate a higher degree of author identification? This will be significant in the future if we are ever going to be able to know who actually contributed and to what degree. If not, we should think of some writing standards to help support the TOS.
jm04469
Posts:18
11/24/2006 9:35 AM Alert 
Shared Insights recoupling its investment? Isn't this about communities? Why can't they consider this their contribution?
Firehose
Posts:7
11/24/2006 12:52 PM Alert 
What is TOS?
joe_flum
Posts:151
11/25/2006 1:49 PM Alert 
TOS = Terms of Service (the rights and regulations implied in being a member of the community)
joe_flum
Posts:151
11/25/2006 1:52 PM Alert 
Well yes, I agree that people can make contributions, but you must admit that in order to really get going on all of this, the initial team needed to do significant work to make it possible. People need to be compensated for there valuable efforts, while balancing everything with the "free" activities. Remember that even in the most open environment, resources are limited and are needed in order to make work possible.

Again, it's a balance. Different people can "afford" different contributions.
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