My understanding was that QRpedia was used to generate the codes, but the
codes on the plaques use
. which has been publicly offered to the
movement.
I agree that we should not be promoting the use of QR codes unless we are
reasonably confident that the site they link to is maintained by the
movement or a registered charity with a compatible ethos. I'm hoping that
the donation of
is still on offer and not subject to whatever
part of the negotiations is still ongoing.
When and if a deal is finalised then the things I will be looking for
include who is to own the two domains and whether the brand we will be
using when we promote QR codes is within the movement or something similar.
Personally I have no problem with us collaborating with something outside
but of a similar nature, Geograph and Open street map come to mind as
charities which we have or should collaborate with, or simply use but give
due credit for.
WSC
On 31 January 2013 13:33, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
many thanks jon! personally i do not like that the
qrpedia domain is
registered cloaked, so nobody knows what comes out there later on.
this, and the long time the topic could not be settled is imo enough
to consider the name "qrpedia" as poisoned.
maybe it's best to just leave qrpedia to the people who registered it
and use another domain. qrcodes pointing to some website which then
redirects to some url is no rocket sience, and widely used since quite
a long time.
at WMCH we use qrcodes at least in two working groups, international
(tunesia e.g.) and GLAM. they are important to us, and i'd consider it
high risk to mount qrcode stickers physically which then link to a
site which has a cloaked owner. if qrpedia in 2 years time links to
pussy galore there is huge cost involved to change all the stickers
installed, beside the enormous reputational damage.
rupert
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Jon Davies
<jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Joe (and lots of people)
I really understand the sincerity of your interest and the need to get
this
settled. I can assure you that as I write two of
the trustees are working
hard to come to a solution that will be in the interest of the community
and
the movement in general.
Jon.
On 26 January 2013 11:39, Joe Filceolaire <filceolaire(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jon
>
> It does seem extraordinary that nobody seems able to write out a summary
> of what these arguments are.
>
> We are not asking for this information because we think it will lead to
an
> acceptable agreement more quickly; we are
asking because we want to know
> what is being done on our behalf.
>
> Joe
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 21/01/13 17:10, Jon Davies wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> However I do not think an acceptable agreement will come any more
>>> quickly if we rehearse the many and complicated arguments on this
list.
How did we get get here then?
Gordo
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