the Vincent Clark network

Today I was debating if I should remove all the “powered by” logos on the VincentClark network of sites. I was concerned that by displaying the name of the tools I use would somehow diminish my credibility and ultimately affect the message. I then quickly came to the conclusion that nothing would discredit me more than pretending that everything on this site was created by me.

The first reason for me not removing the signature of those creating the theme, plug-in, or application was to preserve my integrity. A person should own up to their mistakes if they wanrt credit for their acomplishments. This concept is similar to my current dillema. I want people to believe that my posts are original, my photos and videos are not plagiarized, but created by me.

Then it occurred to me that, I would not be taking credit for creating this theme, blogging application, or the podcast plug-in, I would only be omitting the fact that it was not created by me.

If someone were to use something I created I would like the recognition of that creation. A lot of applications created within the open source community deserve at the very least recognition. “Do on to others as you hope they do on to you.” That phrase never really sat well with me. Too often people take that to mean that when they do something good then they should be rewarded with similar behavior. That line of reasoning is inherently wrong. A person should be good to others because it is the right thing to do. When you are using tools that someone that has never met you gave to you as a gift, free of charge, it is only right to acknowledge that gift and give credit where credit is due.

Thank you:

Chris Pearson For building and letting me use the cutline theme.

Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r) For the podcasting engine.

All the brains behind WordPress.org

Thank you too for those of you that have been pushing for Battlestar Galactica to be acknolledged by the Emmy’s and Golden Globe.