2017-05-17 10:38 GMT-07:00 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>il>:
Heh, I remember Mr Wales asking what could the
movement do with a million
dollars some time around 2006.
That question was about a hundred million,
actually:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-10-16/Copyr…
Many of those suggestions are interesting to read a decade later:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_wishlist (and talk page)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-October/thread.html#…
Some of the proposals have become reality since 2006, e.g.:
* sheet music - the Petrucci library/IMSLP, founded that year, seems
to be doing a fairly good job here, at least regarding PD classical
music (using MediaWiki no less)
* free maps and geodata - OSM
* all academic papers in JSTOR that are public domain - by JSTOR
itself (but only partially, and not before Aaron Swartz became
involved)
* Happy Birthday - via legal means (exposed as copyfraud via academic
research and subsequently freed by lawsuit)
Regards, HaeB (T. Bayer)