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Giving credit so the universe doesn't have to sue you for theft.
means The act of naming who something — a quote, idea, work, or action — actually came from.
from Traces back to Latin 'attribuere' — 'ad' (to) plus 'tribuere' (to give, allot, bestow). That 'tribuere' is the same root behind 'tribute' and 'contribute,' and is tied to 'tribus' (tribe), since allotting things among Roman tribes was an early sense of 'assigning shares.' So attribution has always meant handing something over to its rightful owner — originally goods or blame, eventually credit.
- legal minimum
- name plus source, not a eulogy
- marketing's version
- which ad gets credit for your decision
- common failure
- screenshotting art without the artist's name
- golden rule
- louder credit than the borrowing deserved