Attribution/remixable content
Hey -- over at the Scratch project (http://scratch.mit.edu) there's been some study as to what the effect of attribution is on creating a collaborative society. It's amazing how much being able to make new work based on others', with attribution back to the original content generators, can do for spurring collaboration!
I think the fritzing online gallery rocks, but I notice that omer is pretty much the only contributor -- I think the fritzing gallery could do well by including "remixed" circuits based on existing fritzing sketches, especially by allowing trackback-style attribution.
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Absolutely! In fact, the scratching website is one of our major sources of inspiration. And we're currently working on making the upload open to everyone.
Tracking the history of remixes of a project is a bit tougher though, and currently not on our agenda. Do you feel that it's a necessity?
Best,
andré>
Well, it may be a technical hurdle, but you are fundamentally crafting a community by making these choices.
Mako Hill, in studying collaborative culture, found that having attribution vastly improved the rate at which people participated and contributed back to a community. In Scratch, this is done via tracking remix history.
Actually, it shouldn't be too hard -- a little input from the user to create the attribution link is all it takes ("this circuit inspired by _")
PS -- I think it's awesome that you're inspired by Scratch!
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