On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 05:03:57PM -0500, Evan Prodromou wrote:
"PG" == Peter Gervai grin@tolna.net writes:
PG> You didn't get the point.No, I didn't. That was the upshot of my message.
PG> It's not about their willingness. It is about the differences PG> of legal anvironment between US and DE. Maybe it's legal to PG> talk about nazism in the US and maybe you get to jail for it PG> in germany. Maybe a definite percent of Wikipedia articles PG> legal in the US and illegal in DE. Do you want to get US PG> WIKIMEDIA sued because they are present in german law PG> environment? Do you want de-us.wikipedia.org and PG> de-de.wikipedia.org for separating articles which are not PG> legal in germany? Having a censored mirror maybe? (Bad words PG> changed to stars? THere are funny ideas in the politics PG> field.)I'm confused about this example. How would having a German foundation fix this situation? Would they take on the publisher role that Wikimedia has now? Would this just be nominal, or would the German foundation actually operate the de.w.o site?
Exactly my point, and the reason of my original question.
But if Jimbo gots any response from a german lawyer then they can reveal the answers. I do not know what is the exact purpose of the foundation. Gathering money for wikimedia? Gathering for themselves operating mirrors? Or something else? I'm sure the german editors already know the answer to these question.... I hope. :)
Peter