Erik Moeller wrote:
2009/1/14 Sam Johnston samj@samj.net:
It appears that it would be adequate (as a minimum acceptable standard) to specify the CC-BY-SA license and refer to the Wikipedia article - certainly the license section 4(c) allows for significant flexibility in this regard. The attribution itself would then be something like "Wikipedia 'Widgets' article" which is enough in itself for a user to be able to find the article and associated revision history (concise attributions are critical especially for print work, on t-shirts, etc.).
There are a couple of counterpoints to this:
- For pictures, sound files, etc., there is often just a single
author. If you are the photographer of a high resolution panorama that you've contributed to Wikipedia, I think it's a reasonable expectation to be named ("Photo by Sam Johnston"), as opposed to being referred to as "Photo from Wikipedia". This is equally true, I think, for articles where there is just a single author, or for pictures which have been subsequently edited a few times.
I have no intention of in any shape or form binding myself to the views expounded by Anthony on this or any other list, but really, this goes beyond the pale.
*Neither* of those options are right or just.
That you are representing it as a choice between those two options is a great travesty.
Attribution here can only be a very *minimal* requirement, I cannot see how the whole history of alterations could be somehow swept under the carpet...
Yours,
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen