[WikiEN-l] Licensing IP edits and vanished users under CC0

[Risker]

There is no difference in attribution to a vanished user than there is to
any other user who has an account.  I don't understand why anyone would
think otherwise.

Risker

On 17 August 2015 at 16:20, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:

> On 17 August 2015 at 16:04, WereSpielChequers
> <werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Currently our default license for EN wiki is CC BY-SA 3.0, but isn't
> this a
> > bit odd for IP editors and vanished users? Wouldn't it make more sense if
> > IP editors were licensing their edits as CC SA, and vanishing users as
> part
> > of vanishing were relicensing their edits as CC-SA?
>
> The CC-SA license doesn't exist ;-) Presumably you meant CC-0. I'd
> agree with Oliver that changing this would probably be more complexity
> than it's worth.
>
> The vanishing users thing is also a bit concerning. I agree that
> attributing something to "anon-655345" is a bit silly, but equally I
> don't think we can practically insist that a vanishing user is
> required to relinquish their copyrights before we let them vanish.
>
> A.
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>   andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
>
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