User blog:Semanticdrifter/CC-BY-SA License Requirements

Hello,

It has come to our attention that there has been some conflict on this wiki regarding attribution for imported content.

The terms of the CC-BY-SA license do allow importing material from other source into this wiki. Reusing material is acceptable under the Creative Commons license as long as you provide proper attribution on every article and link back to the original wiki. There is no set format proscribed by the license. The key point is that the people who created the content receive the credit they are due.

That being said, it certainly goes against the wiki spirit if not the letter of the CC-BY-SA license to intentionally obscure the link. If this wiki wishes to use material from other wikis, there has to be a reasonable attempt to make sure the authors receive attribution.

That being said, part of the wiki spririt is assuming good faith and there are reasonable aesthetic reasons to display the attribtuion in a less prominent way than may be desired. Getting into edit wars over the exact format will likely not be a productive step toward achieving a mutually satisfactory outcome.

I urge all parties to take a step back from any building animosity and work together to make sure that both wikis adhere to the CC-BY-SA and function smoothly.

Thanks, --semanticdrifter (help forum | blog) 22:57, January 4, 2013 (UTC)