[Foundation-l] Answers.com and Wikimedia Foundation to Form New Partnership
Chris Jenkinson
chris at starglade.org
Mon Oct 24 14:30:47 UTC 2005
Jimmy Wales wrote:
> I will never bow to any sort of pressure of that kind, and one of the
> reason partnerships like answers.com are so important is precisely to
> avoid our having to rely on a few large donors.
[...]
> NPOV is non-negotiable.
So what happens in this hypothetical scenario where we accept a
significant contribution from a corporation, and 6 months into the
partnership they turn around and say "we don't like that bit on the
article which criticises us, remove it or we pull the funding"?
I understand the need for money for the Foundation, I just disagree with
the idea that going to a corporation for donations is the best way to do
it. I am open to persuasion on this (of course), so please don't think I
am arguing for argument's sake.
Chris
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