On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 13:52, Axel Boldt wrote:
--- The Cunctator cunctator@kband.com wrote:
On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 12:43, John Knouse wrote:
In the case of Wikipedia, it's an instrument for public display and use, and anyone posting to it is doing so in a VERY public forum. I think it's entirely reasonable to request some shred of identity from them. I don't think it would even be out of line to require people to register before being allowed to edit articles.
Why?
In order to be allowed to distribute a modified version of a GFDL document, you have to list the person responsible for the modification (section 4B).
No; the GFDL states you have to list "one or more persons or entities responsible for authorship of the modifications".
Note: "entity". "The Wikipedia Contributors" is such an entity.
Note also "one or more persons". Not "every person".
There is nothing in the GFDL that makes anonymous edits problematic.