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  • From: Brian Schack <spon0112 AT morehead-st.edu>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Wiki license 0.5 beta
  • Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:01:53 -0400


On Mar 27, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Greg London wrote:
Does that make wikipedia the queen bee
since it has no attribution requirement?

As for the answers to your questions,
180,000+ wikipedians answered that they
don't do it for attribution.
...
By your same argument, GNU-FDL should have caused
a great number of Borg projects to spring forth
because it doesn't require attribution either.

According to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html,
B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the Document (all of its principal authors, if it has fewer than five), unless they release you from this requirement.
...
I. Preserve the section Entitled "History", Preserve its Title, and add to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If there is no section Entitled "History" in the Document, create one stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified Version as stated in the previous sentence.

Plus you have to give the network location, acknowledgments, dedications, endorsements, front-cover texts, back-cover texts, and invariant sections.





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