On 5/5/07, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I think it would be confusing to use
wikipedia.com for
this since the distinction is non-obvious
to pretty much any non-geek. It is simply too fine a distinction.
However, A long time ago, I had the same idea for the use of the
Nupedia.com domain. If
that were
done by a spin-off of Wikimedia (let's call it Nupedia Publishing for the sake of
conversion),
then they could use that revenue to fund a printed/DVD version for sale and donate money
back into
Wikimedia. The relationship would be symbiotic and not dissimilar to the relationship
between
Linux distros and the Linux development community.
Having a separate legal entity for publishing helps the Foundation avoid a lot of
potential legal
liability and keeps our goal on content production/improvement and the methods of
dissemination
that directly support content production/improvement (e.g. wikis on the Internet). Of
course,
IANAL.
The odds of any such company being able to compete effectivly with
answers.com and the like are minimal.
--
geni