[WikiEN-l] Attributing "attribution required" free images

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 10/29/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> PS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ states that "You must
> attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but
> not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the
> work)." but in practice no one seems to specify a particular method.
> The ramifications of that practice are open for discussion.

NO IT DOESN'T

Or rather, the page /says/ that... but the *license* does not.

The page, per Creative Commons (and the page itself), is not legally binding.

I agree that the text is misleading and wish they would fix it.

The relevant text from the license is "give the Original Author credit
reasonable to the medium or means You are utilizing by conveying the
name".

Secondary history or image pages are the defacto credit standard for
Wikis. Credit pages are also common on other websites.

Plastering up the content of the article with meta information is not
good.  At it's best it is distracting, at its worst it's spam.