[Foundation-l] Licensing transition: opposing points of view
Nikola Smolenski
smolensk at eunet.yu
Fri Mar 20 21:44:18 UTC 2009
Дана Friday 20 March 2009 06:58:02 Erik Moeller написа:
> 2009/3/19 Nikola Smolenski <smolensk at eunet.yu>:
> > Of course, if an author doesn't supply a name, then an URL is all that
> > remains. But most of our authors have not excercised this possibility:
> > they do supply their names, or pseudonyms.
>
> The fact that they may or may not be logged in is completely
> irrelevant if the terms and conditions clarify that their username has
> nothing to do with the option of supplying an Original Author name as
But the terms and conditions do not clarify that, anywhere.
> provided for in CC-BY-SA. In fact, it's pretty clear that many people
> choose their username without any regard for attribution.
Still, a number of people edit under their real name or have a perfectly usual
pseudonym (I might add, including you).
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