From: "Yann Forget" yann@forget-me.net
OMO the main objectives of a French subsidiary would be helping to promote Wikipedia and collect funds. We have already three more requests for
talks.
And we are getting more and more interests from schools and universities.
--Jimbo
Yann
Such a foreign organization is more of an affiliate than a subsidiary of Wikipedia for the purpose of assisting in the same goals as Wikipedia, and helping to provide resources, promotion, and awareness of Wikimedia projects.
The question of mirroring Wikipedia does raise questions dealing with copyright, contract and extracontractual obligations (delicts in civil law known as torts in common law) and is not necessarily related to the issue of having international Wikipedia organizations that assist the operations of our group (using the word group in the largest possible meaning, not limited only to the legal implications of having a foundation that can accept donations and support Wikipedia through various means).
Alex R. (en:user:alex756;fr:utilisateur:Alexei756)