Attribution: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:51, 17 June 2004

Attribution just means crediting an author

The Creative Commons consortium refers to parametric licenses that require attribution as "by-", so the "by-sa" license requires both attribution and share-alike terms. The GFDL license requires the five most prominent authors to be credited so it too has an attribution requirement.

Trolls seem to think that any attribution interferes with the free circulation of fiction, and that usurpers and Wikimedia corruption prevent sharealike use that would make all large public wikis equal. For instance, they promote interwiki link standards that do not put any one source at the centre of the universe, and strongly oppose GodKings on all wikis. This is just one more issue in wiki governance.

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-'''Attribution''' just means crediting an [[author]], as in a '''byline''':
+'''Attribution''' just means crediting an [[author]]
-e.g. "...by [[Lowest Troll]]"
+The [[Creative Commons]] [[consortium]] refers to [[parametric license]]s that require attribution as "by-", so the "by-sa" license requires both attribution and [[share-alike]] terms.  The [[GFDL]] license requires the five most prominent authors to be credited so it too has an attribution requirement.
-The [[Creative Commons]] [[consortium]] refers to [[parametric licenses]] that require attribution as "by-", so the "by-sa" license requires both attribution and [[share-alike]] terms.  The [[GFDL]] license requires the five most prominent authors to be credited so it too has an attribution requirement.
+[[Trolls]] seem to think that any attribution interferes with the [[free circulation of fiction]], and that [[usurper]]s and [[Wikimedia corruption]] prevent [[sharealike]] use that would make all [[large public wiki]]s equal.  For instance, they promote [[interwiki link standard]]s that do not put any one source at the centre of the universe, and strongly oppose [[GodKing]]s on all wikis.  This is just one more issue in [[wiki governance]].
-:Due to [[Wikimedia corruption]] and [[Mediawiki]] deficiencies (likely related) the [[Wikimedia]] [[usurper]]s do not recognize this legal requirement but instead rely on their [[GodKing]]'s assertion that "everything is ok" and no legal trouble will result.  That GodKing is not a lawyer, however, so this belief in his opinion is only [[groupthink]], and probably quite dangerous.