Discussion: Who / What is an author?

[walthierer]

Discussion: Who / What is an author? Is it ok to have an institution like #ASKnet as an author, or should everyone who worked on the resource be named as an author??

[timmwille]

legally there is always a person originator of a resource (at least in Germany) but a legal entity can also be an organisation and in case the author does not want to be named but a license was agreed on, this can still be an organisation instead. It is more the question who to give the credits to and does the person want to be named