My Current Rant:
Theft. Ugly word, isn't it. If you search google.com for "rede of the wicca"
you come up with about 13,200 hits. Most of these pages are simply
duplicates of something else already on the web, and the majority of
that culled from the pages of print magazines, such as "Green Egg".
You find that the "Rede of the Wicca" is variously credited to Doreen
Valiente, Gwen Thompson, "anonymous" and "traditional". Occasionally,
you will see it credited to Adriana Porter, which, for our Tradition, is
correct.
Lady Gwen published our version of the Rede in Green Egg magazine
#69, Spring 1975, as part of a larger article entitled "Wicca-Pagan
Potpourri". This was the first outside publication of our Rede.
Plagiarism is a form of theft. To use someone else's work, writings,
art, etc., without their permission, and call it your own, is
plagiarism. There are some guidelines as to what can be considered "fair
use" before it tips the scale into plagiarism; about 100-200 words.
I strongly suggest that people check out the website "Feri Gold" to see what
one group of people is doing about plagiarism.
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