On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
It's a pretty neat idea. I think we should start with trying to get access to JSTOR. Gmaxwell's objection is one that we should, I think, leave aside. JSTOR access for Wikimedia editors would be quite handy, although I'm not sure how many could use it or would avail themselves of it were the opportunity publicized.
So what happens when our editors start using their access to copy public domain works hijacked by JSTOR into Wikisource when the contract Wikimedia has with JSTOR forbids that activity? Will Wikimedia tell its contributors that they can't copy these indisputably public domain works into Wikisource?
Why does it seem that no one in this thread is bothering to even consider attaching to pre-existing university library access? Must we always reinvent the wheel?