Hi Arun,
I agree that this is a very serious issue. We should contact the foundation's legal counsel for suitable action as the foundation typically handles content-issues, particularly ones that involve a question of legality. Chapters shouldn't be mistaken as being responsible for the content on wikipedia (you'd know this already, but writing this in general).
- Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
From: Arun Ganesh arun.planemad@gmail.com To: Wikimedia India list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 2:57:13 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws
As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia, this is a serious issue which needs a decision as it has been in the gray for quite a while. I have stopped my contribution of Indian maps ever since i realized that my work could have legal repercussions. For now, all the maps come with an explanation of the depiction of the borders and a disclaimer that it may not conform to local laws.
Specimen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_map_blank.svg
This is an issue which requires someone with sound legal knowledge to solve, something for the chapter to take up. Let us not forget that we are creating a repository of knowledge, if wikipedia ever hid the truth for the sake of being politically correct, the whole project is pointless.
-- j.mp/ArunGanesh