Nicholas Moreau wrote:
On 4/20/07, Delphine Ménard wrote:
In any case, the primary goal of a chapter should definitely not be hosting content, but making sure that the content hosted by the WMF is spread and used as much as possible.
Certainly wasn't going to be a primary goal, but one to explore. The reasoning was that it would provide Canadians with better, more reliable access to the site. I'll put it on the backburner.
Generally I agree with this. One exception that has crossed my mind is for wikisource.ca. Unlike many other important countries which use life+70 Canadian copyright law is still based on the Berne Convention principle of life+50. This could allow us to host material from Canadian authors whose situation is uncertain in other countries. The other issue would relate to publishing archives in a manner similar to what Danny has mentioned in regards to the papers of Thomas Jefferson; a Canadian site may help us to develop better arrangements with the owners of the archives..
Another interesting question is what would we do with the millions ;-) that we expect will be donated to Wikimedia Canada. If we are to become a tax exempt charity Canadian tax law requires that donated funds be used for charitable purposes in Canada.
Ec