[WikiEN-l] Re: group work, unattributed work (was: Use of Wikipedia articles at Malaspina.com)

Sat Jul 12 04:48:28 UTC 2003

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Jimmy Wales wrote:

> Daniel Mayer wrote:
> > I think that is a very good idea. Otherwise, as you
> > have noted, allowing Anon edits isn't really in the
> > spirit of the GNU FDL.
> 
> I couldn't possibly disagree more, I think.  *Disallowing* anon edits
> would not be in the spirit of the GNU FDL.

Can you quote anything from the GFDL which suggests that anonymous edits
are in keeping with its spirit? I can't see anything which even hints at
that. In fact, since it explicitly talks of listing authors, it seems
obvious to me that its spirit is the exact opposite. If I have overlooked
anything in the license which suggests otherwise, please could you point
me to the bit I have missed?

Oliver

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| Oliver Pereira                            |
| Dept. of Electronics and Computer Science |
| University of Southampton                 |
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