[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Attribution and Relicensing

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro at gmail.com
Sat Jan 17 00:18:34 UTC 2009


Erik Moeller wrote:
>
> * 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 must be  a moron or at least functionally illiterate, since
I simply cannot parse the previous paragraph in a way
that makes logical sense.

Let me try though...

Okay. Content should be attributed to authors... Ouch!

Wait... Sorry, still can't parse it in context...


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen






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