In response to Wayne's post: I think it is important to give attribution and recognition to people who donate their learning materials - particularly at this relatively early stage of WikiEducator's development (and especially if they aren't really familiar with WikiEducator culture). My personal experience - evolving as I am in this domain - I am much more ready to provide my time, knowledge, etc. now that I understand what it's all about.
For people that we are asking for donating their learning materials - and inviting them into our community - I think we have to be true to our values, but at the same time - approach them where they are at. If THEY want attribution / recognition for their works (and it doesn't encumber WikiEducator in doing so), then I am inclined to do so. - Randy On Nov 27, 2007 12:03 PM, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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=- > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher iCentro Networks + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hirerandy.com Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
