[Foundation-l] re GFDL publisher credit

Thu Jul 13 15:14:14 UTC 2006

> Anthony 
> <mailto:foundation-l%40wikimedia.org?Subject=%5BFoundation-l%5D%20GFDL%20publisher%20credit&In-Reply-To=44B43991.5060907%40telus.net> 
> wrote
>
>On 7/11/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net <http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l>> wrote:
>> Anthony wrote:
>> >It's not just the fact that the distribution is taking place on the
>> >Internet, though.  The fact that everyone is an editor and every bit
>> >of content is a constant work in progress makes for a reasonable
>> >argument that these works are in fact not yet published at all.  The
>> >more I think about it the more I see this as the most sane
>> >interpretation.
>> >
>> If it has been made public it has been published.  The real question
>> here is _who_ did the publishing.
>>
>{{citationneeded}}
>  
>
"For he bat wil pupplische ony thing to make it openly knowen, he wil 
make it
to ben cryed and pronounced in the myddel place of a Town" - John 
Mandeville, "Travels", 14th century.  The basic meaning has been around 
for  a long time.

Ec