On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Mikus Grinbergs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Only when (some or all of) Object-2 gets "folded in" to Object-1 does > attribution become important: [Object-1 paragraph3 as edited by Jim Jones; > Object-1 paragraph22 as added (originated by) Sam Smith]. But when such > "folding in" has been comprehensive, the importance of the previously > existing Annotation (Object-2) goes away. Yes, this description of folding in annotations is an even clearer example of the distinction I was making. You can interchange material into annotation and back (as talk pages often demonstrate on modern wikis). Having the distinction available makes a new level of discourse possible. >> _Why_ do you prefer immutable history to destructive updates? > > - Respect for the author's copyright. > - Ability to "back out" changes. > - Clear identification of what *has* been changed. > [Not all works carry versions / "history_audits" alongside.] > - To identify "who screwed it up". +1 SJ _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
