<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>Hi Arun,</div><div><br></div><div>I agree that this is a very serious issue. We should contact the foundation's legal counsel for suitable action as the foundation typically handles content-issues, particularly ones that involve a question of legality. Chapters shouldn't be mistaken as being responsible for the content on wikipedia (you'd know this already, but writing this in general).</div><div><br></div><div>- Sundar</div><div> </div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture<div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family:times
new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wikimedia India list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, February 15, 2011 2:57:13 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws<br></font><br>
<div>As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia, this is a serious issue which needs a decision as it has been in the gray for quite a while. I have stopped my contribution of Indian maps ever since i realized that my work could have legal repercussions. For now, all the maps come with an explanation of the depiction of the borders and a disclaimer that it may not conform to local laws. </div>
<div><br></div><div><span>Specimen: <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_map_blank.svg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_map_blank.svg</a></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is an issue which requires someone with sound legal knowledge to solve, something for the chapter to take up. Let us not forget that we are creating a repository of knowledge, if wikipedia ever hid the truth for the sake of being politically correct, the whole project is pointless.</div>
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