On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:44 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's too easy for a nominally "open"
project to effectively be
proprietised by just not providing the data/code/etc.
Sure. That's not the issue here, but more people indicating how much
they care about good dumps (I do! also full commons dumps, please.)
should help.
(We will gloss over the idea that has occurred to me
and several
others that a nuke-and-pave of the project spaces might be the
only way to fix en:wp's terminal instruction creep.)
You often make me smile in the middle of distressing threads.
It would be good to take another look at contingency plans, not only
tech backups and alternatives but also ensuring resources go into
safety nets such as an endowment.
SJ