On 5/8/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 5/8/07, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
Erik, according to your page on meta you work for the company OmegaWiki, which owns the domain name wiktionaryz.org. Wouldn't you say that there is a conflict of interest here in your proposal of a plan which would severely dilute or destroy the Wiktionary trademark?
Aside from the factual incorrectness of the statement (no company called OW, my work so far has been as an independent contractor), I do not consider this a Covered Transaction under COI as
- the impact you allege is not the intent
- it is not specifically targeted at Wiktionary, but a broad strategic proposal
- a community discussion is one of the least problematic transactions
conceivable.
If other Board members disagree with my understanding of the situation, they will tell me so (and J-B in particular has been rightly vocal in pointing out COIs where they exist).
Thanks for the response. Gerard has already corrected me on the name of the company, and the fact that it is a non-profit. As such I don't see any potential problem with the relationship.
I apologize if I implied an allegation of improper intent. I was confused, and now things have been clarified. I guess I should have asked my loaded question privately first.
Anthony