[Foundation-l] Attribution

[Anthony]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 2009/1/8 Klaus Graf <klausgraf at googlemail.com>:
> > You have to read the license carefully. The principle of attribution
> > is codified in the preamble. "Secondarily, this License preserves for
> > the author and publisher a way to get credit for their work, while not
> > being considered responsible for modifications made by others." If
> > there would be only an obligation to mention the 5 main authors this
> > wouldn't make sense.
>
> The key point is that the GFDL does not require to give attribution
> _by_ reproducing the history section.


How not?  Are you saying that the GFDL does not require reproducing the
history section, or are you saying that reproducing the history section does
not provide attribution?


> You have not made any case that
> the history section in GFDL documents was created for purposes of
> attribution.


Actually, he did.  He quoted the preamble, and said "If there would be only
an obligation to mention the 5 main authors this [preamble] wouldn't make
sense."

I don't see any
> evidence that it has been historically a reasonable expectation of
> volunteers to always have a full list of names and changes included
> with any copy


Maybe not, but there has always been a reasonable expectation that the full
list of names and changes would be easily accessible to anyone receiving a
copy.