There are no database rights being infringed on as you suggest.
Birgitte SB
--- On Thu, 7/23/09, Marc Galli <marc.jb(a)orange.fr> wrote:
From: Marc Galli <marc.jb(a)orange.fr>
Subject: [Wikisource-l] Extension Collection
To: wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 3:54 AM
I do not agree, because you have
forgotten a important point : a database, even composed by
texts in domain public, is not in the domain public : the
work that provide contributors
is under GFDL, therefore Wikisource, as a database, is
under GFDL. When one give the whole access to this database
without the consent of the contributors (as the foundation
did), it is
a massive violation of the contributors right. And the
worst is of course this deny of credit : everybody is free
to "give" his work
to an assocation that sells it without his consent, but
don't count on me.
« I am not saying that it is acceptable to give incorrect
credit; I am saying that the credit is *not* incorrect
except for translators.
There is no authorship credit given for non-authors; this
has nothing to do with Wikisource or the extension issue.
Authorship is only noted for certain types of contributions
based on creativity. Not time spent making the
duplication between mediums more exact.
Wikisource proofreaders have no more credit due to them for
"A Christmas Carol" than the Mediawiki developers.
Charles Dickens gets the credit for "A Christmas Carol".
And this has nothing to do with the fact that "A Christmas
Carol" is public domain. No one ever gets named an
author for proofreading and other non-creative tasks.
This is why it is not a copyright violation. Wasn't
that what concerned you? The massive copyright violation you
thought was going on? If your real concern is that
the law and free content licenses do not grant IP rights
for
non-creative efforts, then I cannot help you.
Wikisource happens to record all contributions in the
history.
But re-users should only need to recognize those who have a
right to be named by law and custom. That includes
those re-users who are simply printing a page from
Wikisource.
Birgitte SB »
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