On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Gregory Maxwell argues that the Wikimedia Foundation should
voluntarily submit to the type of openness required of government
agencies; I suspect this is a fundamental difference of philosophy,
and relates to why I mentioned "majority shareholder" in my initial
post. As the Wikimedia community, what level of detailed control are
we entitled to? We have some of the hallmarks of the role of the
shareholder but not others, in that legally we have no particular
rights to the Foundation but practically we control the Board
composition through elections.
Greg raises a very strong point that demolishes your reply. You say
"wikipedia is a business, therefore..." and of course... Wikipedia is not a
bussiness (perhaps you mixed up with wikia?)