[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 31, Issue 130

geni geniice at gmail.com
Thu Feb 16 01:03:13 UTC 2006


On 2/16/06, Steven Ericsson Zenith <steven at semeiosis.com> wrote:
> Plagiarism does have something to do with the law if it is a breach of
> copyright.  I assume that the banned editor is hostile, so being
> defensive may be prudent.
>
> The key points are that the GDFL allows derivative use of the text
> provided it is correctly attributed.  The use described is not
> derivative and changes the attribution - this contravenes the GDFL.
>
> With respect,
> Steven
>


Attribution still exists in the acticle history and rember if enough
enough people have edited the article we don't have to provide
attribution for all of them.
--
geni



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