On 4/23/07, Delphine Ménard notafishz@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/21/07, gerald lists geraldablists@gmail.com wrote:
Just for completeness - do any chapters rent squid servers around the
world,
or are these all under WMF billing? If a chapter can rent (and not be responsible for the content) then that is good, I think.
Actually, the squids that serve Amsterdam were bought and are owned by Wikimedia Deutschland. And this is where I meant the lawyers stepped in, we made sure that this was not a liability, either for the Foundation or the chapter. This echoes Ray's explanation of the ISP safe harbours.
Thanks -- that does clarify the point.
I am not sure what you mean by "rent" here, though.
Often, it's about the same price to lease servers through a 3rd party as it is to purchase them outright. The differences are in cash flow, and in a for-profit business the cost of leasing (interest costs) can be deducted against profit realized.
Rent in this instance was a fancy word for leasing, and I had (wrongly, it seems) assumed that is how these servers were procured.
Thanks, Gerald