I am proud of my work, not of my name being on my work. that's narcissism.
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Nikola Smolenski <smolensk(a)eunet.yu> wrote:
On Saturday 31 January 2009 11:23:33 Ray Saintonge
wrote:
David Goodman wrote:
My view is that any restriction of distribution
that is not absolutely
and unquestionably legally necessary is a violation of the moral
rights of the contributors. We contributed to a free encyclopedia, in
the sense that the material could be used freely--and widely. We all
explicitly agreed there could be commercial use, and most of us did
not particularly concern ourselves with how other commercial or
noncommercial sites would use or license the material, as long as what
we put on Wikipedia could be used by anyone.
Precisely! To a large extent, we are effectively releasing our work
into the public domain, except for the fact that in some countries this
No, we are not, and it is ridiculous to even think that. First of all, I would most
certainly not work on Wikipedia or any similar project if that would mean that my work is
put in the public domain.
is not allowed. Also, putting a work into the
public domain means
abandoning our rights of action in the event that there is infringement
No, it does not. Even if we have had put our work in public domain, in most jurisdictions
we would still retain our moral rights. No one would be allowed to claim to be the author,
for example.
on that public ownership. There is no custodian
of the public domain to
take action when the copyrights of the general public have been infringed.
Yes, there is. For example, Copyright law of Serbia explicitly specifies (Article 56)
that author's heirs, associations of authors and scientific and art institutions are
entitled to protect moral rights of the authors.
edit each others' work mercilessly. Having a
long list of names in
2-point type just so that the individual editor can see his name in
print is wasteful and contrary to the spirit of our collective effort.
It is not having editors' names anywhere that is wasteful and contrary to the spirit
of our collective effort. People are doing what they are because they take pride of what
they do. If people are not properly credited, fewer people will work on the projects. If
people are not properly credited, they will care less about their reputation and write
worse. There is absolutely nothing to gain, and a number of things to lose from not
crediting the authors.
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