[Foundation-l] UCMJ and Wikimedia

[Thomas Dalton]

On 02/01/2008, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/2/08, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Are you saying there is some legal reason *not* to ban all .mil's from
> > editing, or are you just saying we have no legal obligation to do so?
> > I'm not quite sure what you mean by "could not endorse".
>
> I aren't a lawyer (though my uncle is one), nor do I have a private
> connection into Mikes brainbox, but...
>
> The way I see the contract everyone makes when they choose to
> edit wikipedia, is that they search within their heart whether their
> prior obligations are such that they permit or disallow them to edit
> according to our customs, practises and the implicit rules for editing
> wikipedia. The no "legal threats on-site" is part and parcel of that.
> For each and very editor to see if they can abide by it. It is an
> individual calculation for each editor, not something that automatically
> derives from what IP they hail from.

I agree, but I don't really see the relevance. I can understand (and
agree with) the moral and ethical reasons for allowing .mil's to edit,
but when the legal counsel says he can't endorse something, I'm assume
it's for legal reasons unless told otherwise - hence my request for
clarification.