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@notroot @pluralistic @cstross @pleaseclap @exception @rsf92 So if they download it for free, or share copies of it that attribute it to you as the author, that's OK? Because that's what your argument that it's all about "credit" implies. Most illegal downloading of music, movies, and writing is done with the knowledge of who the actual creator was. Virtually nobody downloads a pdf of Pet Sematery with Joe Blow's name stuck on it -- they want it BECAUSE it was written by Stephen King. Once again, credit is an issue of plagiarism, not copyright as such. Copyright doesn't exist primarily to prevent people taking credit for other people's work. It exists to protect ownership of reproduction rights as a source of income. I don't know why this is so hard for you to understand. Especially when it was YOU who mentioned "incentive" in your original comment on the subject.
I'm done, because arguing with you is like talking to a fencepost.