[WikiEN-l] Aneurysm

[Charlotte Webb]

On 6/10/07, the wub <thewub.wiki at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Some users license their contributions by placing a statement on their
> user page. However they still have to release them under the GFDL
> also, see [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing]]. For example I release my
> edits into the public domain: [[User:The wub#Licensing]]. I'd say that
> such a positive statement counts as a release, however a
> misunderstanding of our copyright when submitting an edit probably
> wouldn't.

Correct. If your contributions are explicitly public domain, and I
were redistributing an article you had edited, there would be no legal
requirement for me to list your name in the credits. However, being a
nice, considerate person, I would anyway.

—C.W.