On 19/04/07, Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/19/07, daniwo59(a)aol.com <daniwo59(a)aol.com>
wrote:
In a message dated 4/18/2007 6:56:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Anthere9(a)yahoo.com writes:
Delphine's angle is from the Foundation point of view.
And that is exactly what Kelly and I are saying
should be protected. The
content, i.e., community,. will always be there. In fact, that should the
Foundation point of view.
I would be grateful to all of you for not putting words or opinions
into my mouth.
My point of view was to say that yes, I agree that the "assets" (with
the legal twist to it) ie. trademarks and domain names of the
Foundation must be protected. And yes, I agree that they are the thing
that are *worth* money today and make the Foundation
But that NO, if the Foundation comes to pass, they are not the things
that in the long run will make a free encyclopedia go on. In that,
their value is limited, at least in time. And the Foundation should
not forget to make sure the content stays free, and that the community
agrees with the mission.
Hope this makes my point of view clearer, sorry if it wasn't before.
Delphine
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Why do people come on wikipedia to read it? Because of his name or his
value ? What makes Wikipedia such a good project his name or is value?
What does attract more and more contributors his name or his value?
What IS the project a name or values?
In my opinion, even if trademarks and domains must be protected, the
important thing is our value, what we believe in, what we spend time
for... And personnaly I spend time to the mission the foundation has,
you know something about empowering and engaging people around the
world to collect and develop educational content under a free license
or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and
globally.
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