Anthere wrote:
I understood the gfdl "normal" requirement is to list the 5 main contributors. We probably know that we can define who the 5 main contributors are. Indeed, unless the number of contributors is below 5, there is no way to report with honesty the legal requirements.
The exact quote is "at least five of the principal authors of the Document", which is significantly different from *the* 5 main contributors.
This said, if we can't report reality, why would we report a group of contributors more than another ? If a pseudonyme wrote 95% of an article, and 5% officially real names corrected typos, is that really correct to indicate these 5 real names and not the pseudonyme ?
Depends on the context, but possibly not. You'd have to somehow say that at least 5 of those real name people are "principal authors".
I would say it is not. Legally, that is incorrect.
From a community view point, that is setting a case
which I am not sure is really positive. It think that it would be more correct to make random choice among pseudo or real names, or to choose among the last ones.
I think an even better solution would be to force users to give their real name or waive their rights to attribution. But that's just my never humble opinion.
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err, I mean Anthony