On 14/03/2008, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
None of our
policy is "imposed from on high", it was all created by
consensus. And it can still change by consensus.
I don't think that's true. As I understand it, NPOV (as a basic
principle) is imposed by the foundation (obviously, it pre-dates the
foundation, but now there is a foundation, they impose it), and can't
be changed without their approval. Same applies to the basic
principles of the use of non-free content.
PS After looking it up, I'm not sure that's quite right about NPOV.
It's what I've heard people say, but it's not what the policy itself
says - the confusion may be because it's on the list of "foundation
issues" on meta, but I think that's using foundation to mean what the
projects are built on rather than the legal entity... There are
definitely imposed rules about non-free content, though.