2008/6/4 Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:14 PM, geni
<geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/6/4 Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
(and the licensing concerns that
go along with that - I doubt anyone can say with absolute certainty
whether such usurpation is even legal,
It probably isn't:
I would disagree, attribution to one pseudonym is just as good as
attribution to another pseudonym. In reality, whatever the username is
on an account, it's still represented by the same unique numeric
identifier in the database, the user's contribution history is
preserved, etc.
Doesn't really matter. The GFDL doesn't care what name you chose to be
attributed under it just demands that everyone else follows that.
If a user really wants proper legal attribution for
their work, and
want to enforce it, they are going to need more then just a pseudonym.
Given the number of books published under pseudonyms over the years I
think the odds of that argument holding up in court are about zilch.
If you attach your real name to your account, then
your real name
stays contant even if the account name changes.
This is not really relivant either to the GFDL or law in general.
Indeed there is no way to apply the GFDL that would allow for you
propose the GFDL doesn't know about userpages or the like.
--
geni