On Tuesday 01 October 2002 11:58 pm, Stephen Gilbert wrote:
I think such a negotiation would go much better if we were at least in the process of setting up a non-profit free encyclopedia foundation. Otherwise, the perceptions that the American megacorporation Bomis intends to turn Wikipedia into a vast money-making empire will remain.
I think you might be right about this. What is the status of the non-profit Jimbo? The schedule for this needs to be moved up.
In the mean time I've been gathering everyone's great ideas (and translations) and have pasted a quick and dirty synopsis over at; http://meta.wikipedia.com/wiki.phtml?title=Open_letter_to_the_Enciclopedia_L...
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)