[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Attribution and Relicensing

[Brian]

I like Sam's point.

Do you really want to print this on a t-shirt?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=history

Also, it makes specific reference to Wikipedia.


On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 2009/1/14 Sam Johnston <samj at 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.
>
> * The attribution terms should avoid requiring specific reference to
> Wikipedia, so that it's clear that there is not necessarily a tie
> between the project in which collaboration currently happens, and any
> future use of the content. If someone creates a better alternative to
> Wikipedia where the content is used, why should it be continued to be
> attributed to Wikipedia, rather than the authors?
>
> I think requiring attribution-by-history should be the best practice
> for heavily edited articles, at least until we more prominently point
> out the author credit in the article footer.
> --
> Erik Möller
> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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