On 8 September 2011 22:13, Geoff Brigham gbrigham@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
In the legal department at the Wikimedia Foundation, we have been examining for some time whether, as the 5th largest website in the world, we need a new terms of use agreement. Given our size and the need to ensure good communication with our users, I think we do, so we’ve put ourselves to drafting a new version with the hopes that we could get your review, comments, and ideas.
- You can find the current version of our terms of use here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_use . - You can view the new draft here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use
To what extent are terms of use like this actually meaningful? Are there any precedents of them being upheld in court? If so, in what jurisdictions? Does using a website really constitute acceptance of a contract that everyone knows you haven't read?
If you're not actually going to be able to do anything with these terms of use, then we shouldn't have any.