David Gerard wrote:
2008/4/24 Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com:
I still have a question, however (which Brian and others have been
addressing
on Wikinews): will this be a project independent of Wikimedia servers (a
la
Wikipedia Weekly), will it be a project aligned to a particular
Wikimedia
project, or will it be a separate Wikimedia project?
I see no reason to do this outside the auspices of the WMF. The path may involve outside servers to do analysis and pilot work, but the final aim should be something integrated with the WMF infrastructure.
That means following NPOV where possible, so a lot of the "talking heads" stuff people seem to think would get done is out.
- What's its anticipated server CPU and bandwidth load?
No idea. Will ask around.
- What legal system will it be under, and what are the regulations
for web radio stations under that system?
I'd assume the same as any other WMF project; I've no intention of starting up "Radio Free Belgium" for this. Since that means Florida law, I'm not sure of the legal issues, I do suspect the worst would be convincing people we didn't have to pay for use of commercial music.
Brian McNeil