[WikiEN-l] BJAODN restored again

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthony wrote:

>On 6/7/07, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 6/6/07, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Also, I don't have anything against making it a choice. Just that it
>>>would be helpful if it were the default. That we act like it's
>>>important to credit IP addresses is a sign of a broken policy.
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>>By default we are required to credit everyone. Whether they edit as a
>>name or a number is not relevant.
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>OK, but credit them how?  The GFDL certainly doesn't explicitly say that
>giving the IP address which the person used to add the text counts as
>crediting them, so you have to admit that there's a bit of reading into the
>spirit of the license going on.
>
>An IP address does not identify a person.  As far as I'm concerned it's as
>much in compliance with the GFDL as saying "an anonymous contributor".
>
Most anonymous contributors would have a hard time proving that they are 
the ones who are the copyright owners.

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