Hi Steve - Sorry for the short delay in response here. (Something corrupted in my operating system yesterday causing a memory leak causing my system to hang. Have done a fresh install and am now up an running again - Now to tackle my backlog!)
The version of the CC license WE uses as default requires attribution of the author -- which means: "in the case of a literary or artistic work, the individual, individuals, entity or entities who created the Work". In cases where the number of edits is such that it's not practicable to list the authors - then WikiEducator would be the appropriate entity for attribution. Obviously - folk who dedicate their works to the public domain are not legally requiring attribution <smile>. This does raise the interesting question of whether we are talking about "attribution" or "recognition" as a potential motivator for donating materials to WIkiEd. Personally - I don't have any quibbles if an individual author were to insert a template on a page saying "Original version donated by Prof ABC" especially if this will help increase the volume of free content being made available. By the same token we should respect the views of contributors who don't require attribution. Cheers Wayne On Nov 26, 7:23 am, Steve Foerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Randy, > > The page says that one of the benefits to donating a resource is that > the donor receives attribution. Is that really so? My understanding > is that that attribution part of the default license calls for > downstream users to attribute to WikiEducator, not to the list of > contributors to any given resource. > > -=Steve=- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
