Socialist Republic of Wikimedia anyone?
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From: mboverload <mboverloadlister(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:49:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] PD-art and official "position of the WMF"
[[Principality of Sealand]], anyone?
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:37 PM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Among the benefits of have organized Commons in the
US, is that we
can go by US copyright law. The
alternative would be for Commons to adopt the most restrictive
position of any country whatsoever. Given the expansive
meanings of "moral rights", and the impossibility in some countries of
surrendering them, this might make such a project impossible. As
obvious, I am not a lawyer , and I tend to write the way I hope things
will be.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
In my
opinion, this is mistaken on many levels. Regardless of his
intentions, Erik Möller does not have the authority to speak for the
WMF. If the board does /intend/ to make this statement, a binding
resolution would be a much better means.
I disagree, as a senior member of the foundation (either as a board
member or as Vice-ED or whatever his current title is now - I'm not
sure when the statement was made), he can certainly act as
spokesperson for the foundation. If what he said doesn't fit the
foundation's official position then it's an matter for internal
disciplinary procedures, but I've seen nothing to suggest he was
incorrect.
For the sake of clarity, the statement being discussed is from July 2008,
when Erik would already be Deputy Director.
-Robert Rohde
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