2009/1/8 Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net:
On 8 Jan 2009, at 22:16, Thomas Dalton wrote:
I don't think that's clear at all. I don't know how many authors you are meant to attribute things to under CC-BY-SA, it may well be all of them. I need to do more research (or, I need someone to tell me the answer!).
My preference would be: all authors that have contributed to the article, where that contribution has not been reverted, unless the authors say that they don't want to be attributed.
I would agree, except that I would exclude non-creative contributions (spelling corrections, say). It would probably be easier for a re-user to include them anyway, though.
There is a large amount of leeway here, though: I think even "Wikipedia" would satisfy the license, or on the other scale a complete list of every editor of the wiki. The WMF really needs to state up front what the attribution should be before we have the vote / start using the license (assuming we do).
"Wikipedia" would only satisfy the license if the author specifically said that was ok. The FAQ says there will not be a requirement to designate "Wikipedia" or anything else to receive the attribution. I would expect the attribution requirements to be made perfectly clear before we vote, if they're not, I would almost certainly vote against the proposal.