Would WMF actually want this in their infrastructure? We would be talking about a US-registered organization with US servers hosting material which is copyrighted in the US - and by definition, all these materials could not be used on any existing WMF projects, no? I thought it was all those reasons which made this an idea for a separate WMC project.<br>
<br>Anyways, I&#39;ll send out a foundation/commons email shortly.<br><br>Padraic<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/5/25 Gerald A &lt;<a href="mailto:geraldablists@gmail.com">geraldablists@gmail.com</a>&gt;:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Padraic &lt;<a href="mailto:user.padraic@gmail.com" target="_blank">user.padraic@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<br>1. Is anybody interested in contributing to this kind of project, or should I just stick to doing it by myself (probably on Flickr)?<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>I think it&#39;s an interesting project, and I&#39;m sure others can see the benefits. That said...</div>
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<div>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2. Would anyone object to my launching a private wiki on the grounds that this could eventually be done by WMC in a more official fashion?<br>

</blockquote></div></div><br><div>My feeling here is that the WMF should be involved, as we would really want to integrate this into their infrastructure, from both a user and a&nbsp;maintenance&nbsp;point of view. WM Canada would probably be involved in some way, although since it&#39;s still in the starting up stage, it&#39;s hard to say what exactly that could be.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I&#39;d&nbsp;definitely&nbsp;solicit input from the Commons crowd, but also touch base with WMF staff, to see if it&#39;s something that makes sense.</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Gerald.</div>

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