[Foundation-l] wiki search & wikimedia foundation collaboration with Limewire and Yacy ?

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I also read Anthere's later posting to this effect. It does not detract 
anything from what I have said though. I would welcome collaboration 
between organisations including the WMF,
Thanks,
    GerardM

James Hare schreef:
> Wikiasari will be a service of Wikia, not Wikimedia.
>
> On 12/30/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hoi,
>> If there is one thing that is relevant, then it is that Peer to Peer
>> technology can be used for more than just copying material from one
>> computer to another. The faulty argument used by the proprietary content
>> industry is that because of sharing in a peer to peer network you must
>> be a criminal. This is utter rubbish. Consequently this is exactly one
>> of the projects were Open Source and Open Content projects need to work
>> together because it will show that a complete technology is unjustly
>> stigmatised.
>>
>> When this technology is used in a way that is in line with the way the
>> WMF treats copyright, we will be able to create an infrastructure where
>> both organisations and communities will work together. I do applaud it
>> when it can be a true cooperation, a cooperation where everybody
>> collaborates for their own reasons and create something that everybody
>> will be happy with.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>    GerardM
>>
>> Oldak Quill schreef:
>>     
>>> On 30/12/06, thomasasta at gmx.net <thomasasta at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hello Jim, hello Sam,
>>>>
>>>> you search for coders to get wiki-search out.
>>>> There are already a lot of coders in the list
>>>> http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Developers
>>>>
>>>> What do you think about a collaboration with limewire ?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.limewire.org/forum/showthread.php?p=3090&posted=1#post3090
>>>>
>>>> Integrate yacy in limewire and built up a colaboration with yacy,
>>>>         
>> limewire and messenger cspace (ported to java) for wikia and wikimedia
>> foundation.
>>     
>>>> Both are java.
>>>> Kind regards tom.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Preliminary: All respects to Limewire and the hard work that's been
>>> put into the development of the software. Also, I'm not making
>>> judgement on what the technologies behind Limewire enable end-users to
>>> do (FWIW, I am certainly *not* siding with the RIAA!).
>>>
>>> Someone on these mailing lists a couple of days ago wrote that
>>> Wikimedia was the only Web 2.0 venture that really took copyright
>>> seriously. Being the leading project in the free-content movement,
>>> taking copyright seriously is necessary to furthering our cause and
>>> our goals. I do not think it would help us to collaborate with
>>> projects which are seen by some (perhaps many) to be legally shady
>>> when it comes to copyright. Whether or not we agree with the notion
>>> that technology which enables copyright violation should be
>>> accountable for any copyright violation that occurs using the
>>> technology, we need to respect the law and need to appear
>>> above-the-board.