On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen < cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anthony wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen < > > cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Mike Linksvayer wrote: > >> > >>> As others have pointed out on this or nearby threads, attribution is > >>> highly medium specific. > >>> > >> [snip] > >> However, if what you say happens to in fact be correct > >> (never mind if it has been previously covered in these > >> threads or not), that would be quite significant, in > >> particular in those jurisdictions where moral rights > >> are defined in law. > >> > > > > > > I don't think there's much dispute that attribution is highly medium > > specific. > I don't think anybody can dispute you just quoted me highly > out of context. > If so, I must not have understood your original comment, and I apologize. > A URL printed in a textbook is clearly much different from a URL > > encoded into a web page. The only question is whether the specifics > should > > focus on the rights of the author, or on maximizing ease of > redistribution. > > > > No, that is precisely a false dilemma. there are a whole range > of issues to consider, and those aren't even the necessarily > most cogent ones. In some circumstances maximizing ease of > redistribution and the rights of the author go hand in hand. > > And in some corner cases, idiots (and I am not meaning you > but specifically some of your less clueful opponents) will argue > that sacrificing the authors pride of doing good in a copyleft > context is a necessary price to pay to make it easier to > redistribute. This is false, and I am willing to argue against > this statement when posited at any forum in any fashion, if > I am given my right to express my arguments. > > > Yours, > > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l