Hey List,

just to play around, here some thoughts on the validity of a fork from the german-speaking content-sites. To clarify - I don't want that and would not advise anyone to go that way but it's importat to know:

## Hosting

Central Europe still has some of those large Universities which are larger than PenState (e.g. Uni Wien - University of Vienna). To play it through with Uni Wien as an Example: they sit directly at the backbone, have a large and open server infrastructure and could (at least that's what they told me) easily take the additional visitors.

## Finance

The "Vereinsrecht" (NGO-Laws) and the Lax Laws offer a lot of options. Donations given to the local "Verein" for a purpose might not be allowed to easily be transferrd to a third-party (see the LIONS/ROTARY controversies between the US HQ and EUROPE as legal precedent).

Further, and in the context of our University-hosting example, a lot of indirect funding through grants and content that is prepared by official state archives/unis for wikipedia could be redirected through such actions (actually that would be the main purpose).

Lastly, through the publicity generated, Users would be more aware and able to choose.

## Strategy

As seen by download-jurisdiction, it is important to generate public awareness for the alternative while at the same time disabling access to the content on the main site... If one side would start legal proceedings, access to the site in question could now - after we idiots allowed blocking to be enacted in Europe - be frozen for the duration - great for alternative sites - a horror vision for the movement.

don't.let.your.egos.make.decisions.on.both.sides.