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[Brian Koontz <brian AT opennicproject.org>]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:33:00PM -0500, Aaron Angel wrote:
> At the risk of being pedantic, I'm not sure how one would attribute the
> content if it were reused when neither the authors nor the preferred ways
> to attribute content are listed.  Admittedly, I don't know the details of
> who wrote what; if it's all one person, the point is probably moot.

Well, if it matters:  Most of the material on the wiki was written by
Julian or me(not all, but most).  Other stuff on their is attibuted to
the author.  I could pretty much trace anything on the website back to
the wiki, and make the claim that's it's derived from something Julian
or I wrote or posted.

There's no requirement that the CC be "unanimously" agreed to.  It's
prominently displayed on the wiki, at the bottom of every page.
IANAL, but it seems to me that if someone were to argue the point, we
could simply point to the fact that the CC license has been posted
since at least 2011 (as you yourself discovered).

> Unless the author has stated otherwise, the author should be assumed to
> retain copyright.  So, unless everyone has unanimously agreed to that
> license, declaring it could be misleading.  I'd just assume not say
> anything, in that case, and if someone else wants to reuse content, put the
> onus on them to ask for permission.

There are provisions for removing copyrighted material.  However, one
would be hard-pressed to argue that they posted something to the wiki
post-2011 and did not see the CC license.

> On the other hand, if all the authors have already agreed to a license,
> then I think simply stating that content is licensed under X would be
> preferable.  If attribution is desired, include how attribution should be
> made.

There were public notices made.  You'd have to search gmane for them.

  --Brian

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