[WikiEN-l] CC-SA (was: Example of a user who should have been banned a long time ago)

Fri Sep 8 17:03:07 UTC 2006

On 08/09/06, dmehkeri at swi.com <dmehkeri at swi.com> wrote:

> Right, the (disused) CC-SA doesn't have the full attribution requirements of
> CC-BY-SA.
> Nevertheless, I think some indication of source is, if not legally required,
> then a really good idea, and I think this is true even for works explicitly
> released into the public domain (as opposed to, say, trivial ones ineligible for
> copyright, or stuff with obviously expired copyright).
> If nothing else, we'd want some sort of attempt to establish that it really was
> released into the public domain (or under CC-SA).

Mmm. I can't see e.g. Commons agreeing to allow images with no source
indication.

- d.