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Re: [cc-licenses] 4.0: misc changes and date for closing public discussion

From: Rob Myers <rob AT robmyers.org>
To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] 4.0: misc changes and date for closing public discussion
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:45:31 -0700

On 31/10/13 11:58 AM, Cc wrote:
>
> The problem arises as the idiots over on wikipedia now seem
> to think that they can delete the attribution and original
> title, and still be in compliance with the license given
> that the stuff will remain in the deletion history.

Do you have an example of that which doesn't involve attribution being
abused to advertise products on Wikipedia as described in the talk page
you link to?

> They are already cloning out watermarks

Wikipedia is not a free promotional site for photographers. Removing
adware from images is an improvement.

There certainly is abuse happening here, but it looks more like
Wikipedia are defending against it than perpetrating it...

[cc-licenses] 4.0: misc changes and date for closing public discussion, Diane Peters, 10/30/2013
- Re: [cc-licenses] 4.0: misc changes and date for closing public discussion, Cc, 10/31/2013
  - Re: [cc-licenses] 4.0: misc changes and date for closing public discussion, Rob Myers, 10/31/2013
- Re: [cc-licenses] 4.0: misc changes and date for closing public discussion, Anthony, 10/31/2013