Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

-- Doug On 17 September 2012 23:05, Andreas Kolbe jayen466@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen466@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Chris Keating < >> chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I understand the QRpedia software is freely reusable under the MIT >>>> License, today. In other words – people in Brazil or India are able to use >>>> the QRpedia technology too, aren't they? And they will always be able to >>>> use it whenever they want, without ever having to ask the current rights >>>> holders or Wikimedia UK for permission first, correct? >>> >>> >>> Correct. >>> >>> To further clarify - we are not really talking about intellectual >>> property rights. We are talking about the domains currently used to provide >>> the qrpedia service, which are qrpedia.org and qrwp.org. >>> >> >> >> Thanks Chris. That makes more sense. :) >> > > > Actually, one more question. Chris Owen says on the DYK talk page > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Potential_abuse_of_... > > that Roger is apparently being *paid for the use of these domains*, which > I understand link the users of mobile devices to Wikipedia content. Does > that mean that, once the transfer of these sites to Wikimedia UK is > complete, Wikimedia UK will be charging customers of these sites to > generate revenue? Or will QRpedia thereafter be a free encyclopedia? > > Or is Chris Owen altogether mistaken about QRpedia being a paid service? > > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >