On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Pedro Sanchez pdsanchez@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Nathan nawrich@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?) _______________________________________________
I'll stipulate that "corporation" is a more accurate term. I don't see how the semantic difference impacts my reply. But thanks for making sure I wasn't confusing the various entities.
Nathan