[Wikipedia-l] Re: Recipe

Fri Jan 21 03:35:02 UTC 2005

Anthere wrote:

>Would mentioning a cookbook in which the recipe is mentionned enough to satisfy those hungry for "credentials" ?
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It would at least help avoid the argument over whether recipes are 
copyrighted. Given the skeletal nature of a recipe, it may be tenuous to 
take the position that they are, but there are a significant number of 
people out there who are concerned about reprinting published recipes 
for that reason. If we credit the cookbook, we're complying with Article 
10 of the Berne Convention, which requires that you make mention of the 
soure when quoting.

Also, the way we traditionally handle certain types of POV - one of the 
main complaints about recipes - is by attributing that POV to a credible 
source (not by removing it entirely). A recipe from a standard cookbook 
for a given style of cuisine, or from a noteworthy cook (not your Aunt 
Tillie, in other words), can satisfy this angle too.

--Michael Snow