I agree (and sorry for being so unspecific and harsh). I guess what
bothers me is the tone of urgency: Balmer's done a service for
wikipedia (though also for himself, since he's collecting donations =)
) and it's important to encourage that kind of thing.
On 3/1/06, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Ben Yates <bluephonic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't have an particular argument, but this
whole discussion feels
very wrong. Wikipedia should not be acting like a corporation -- it
is not trying to make a profit; its mission is to spread knowledge.
Period.
The spread of Wikipedia content is not at all hindered by protecting the Wikipedia
trademark. No
reason to conflate the two.
-- mav
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