[cc-community] Attributing when there is no name

Evan Prodromou evan at prodromou.name
Fri Oct 19 20:55:38 EDT 2007


On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 22:58 +0100, jonathon wrote:

> For an image, my position is that if there is no attributable name in
> the metadata, then the image is "All Rights Reserved". 

That's a startling and difficult-to-defend position, Jonathon, given the
clear allowance in the license text. To quote again:

        "You must [...] provide [...] the name of the Original Author
        (or pseudonym, if applicable) if supplied"

It sounds like your argument is that if there is no authorship
information, it's a good chance the work is copied from somewhere else. 

Do you accept that, if the licensee is _sure_ the work isn't copied
somewhere else, that it's OK to use the work under the terms of the
license? Or do you disagree with that, too?

-Evan

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Evan Prodromou <evan at prodromou.name>
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