I am proud of my work, not of my name being on my work. that's narcissism.

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Nikola Smolenski <smole...@eunet.yu> wrote:
> On Saturday 31 January 2009 11:23:33 Ray Saintonge wrote:
>> David Goodman wrote:
>> > My view is that any restriction of distribution that is not absolutely
>> > and unquestionably legally  necessary is a violation of the moral
>> > rights of the contributors. We contributed to a free encyclopedia, in
>> > the sense that the material could be used freely--and widely. We all
>> > explicitly agreed there could be commercial use, and most of us did
>> > not particularly concern ourselves with how other commercial or
>> > noncommercial sites would use or license the material, as long as what
>> > we put on Wikipedia could be used by anyone.
>>
>> Precisely!  To a large extent, we are effectively releasing our work
>> into the public domain, except for the fact that in some countries this
>
> No, we are not, and it is ridiculous to even think that. First of all, I 
> would most certainly not work on Wikipedia or any similar project if that 
> would mean that my work is put in the public domain.
>
>> is not allowed.  Also, putting a work into the public domain means
>> abandoning our rights of action in the event that there is infringement
>
> No, it does not. Even if we have had put our work in public domain, in most 
> jurisdictions we would still retain our moral rights. No one would be allowed 
> to claim to be the author, for example.
>
>> on that public ownership. There is no custodian of the public domain to
>> take action when the copyrights of the general public have been infringed.
>
> Yes, there is. For example, Copyright law of Serbia explicitly specifies 
> (Article 56) that author's heirs, associations of authors and scientific and 
> art institutions are entitled to protect moral rights of the authors.
>
>> edit each others' work mercilessly.  Having a long list of names in
>> 2-point type just so that the individual editor can see his name in
>> print is wasteful and contrary to the spirit of our collective effort.
>
> It is not having editors' names anywhere that is wasteful and contrary to the 
> spirit of our collective effort. People are doing what they are because they 
> take pride of what they do. If people are not properly credited, fewer people 
> will work on the projects. If people are not properly credited, they will 
> care less about their reputation and write worse. There is absolutely nothing 
> to gain, and a number of things to lose from not crediting the authors.
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David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG

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