[Foundation-l] Licensing transition: opposing points of view

[Nikola Smolenski]

Дана Friday 20 March 2009 23:11:17 Michael Snow написа:
> Nikola Smolenski wrote:
> > Дана Friday 20 March 2009 06:59:35 Michael Snow написа:
> >> Nikola Smolenski wrote:
> >>> It is just your opinion that they have over-attributed; my opinion is
> >>> that their way of attribution is reasonable.
> >>
> >> Just because one method is reasonable does not mean that all others are
> >> unreasonable.
> >
> > Has anyone said that?
>
> Not necessarily in so many words. But for proponents of the
> "all-authors" approach to attribution, an inherent part of the subtext

I am not a proponent of an all-authors approach to attribution, and I do not 
know anyone who is. As I have said multiple times, I believe that it is 
possible through software means to determine a list of key authors (all 
authors whose contributions are copyrightable) with sufficient accuracy, and 
that such a list would be reasonable from the point of view of authors, and 
also short enough that it would be reasonable from the point of view of 
reusers, and should be recommended to reusers.

> By comparison, Erik only said that people had over-attributed
> historically. He didn't say it was unreasonable of them to
> over-attribute, nor do I think that should be implied in what he said.

When you are over-something, it means that you are doing more of it than you 
should. Usually it is not reasonable to behave like that.