[Commons-l] Some reflections about the governance of Commons

[Alex Brollo]

2009/6/16 Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com>

> If commons is not a service project, what is it? *Unlike other projects
> which have a measurable output, Commons' sole function appears to be as a
> repository of free images.* It is therefore very much a service project as
> it serves other projects through storage of images.
>

I don't agree with this statement.
1. any wiki project has in part a role of service for other wiki project.
I.e.: we use la.source as a "repository" of original latin sources for our
Italian translations of latin classics.
2. any shared file (images, movies and so on) is an independent output, that
can be used both into wiki projects and by any other web user. In
particular, movies often carry a "complete message" by themselves. But if
you think about, pictures too carry such a complete message, and sometimes a
very important one, needing lots of NPOV.

Alex
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