[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Foundation's partnership with Kaltuna and loss of freedom

[Michael Bimmler]

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From: Horse Cakes <horsecakes at googlemail.com>
Date: Jan 17, 2008 10:27 PM
Subject: Fwd: Wikimedia Foundation's partnership with Kaltuna and loss
of freedom
To: foundation-l-owner at lists.wikimedia.org, foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org


Hi,


I'm wondering why the Wikimedia Foundation, the foundation hosting the
"free encyclopedia", sees it acceptable to support Adobe's
close-source proprietary Flash technology? Surely the Wikimedia
foundation should be directly in opposition to any attempts to make
their software less free? Does the proposed site even support Gnash?

It's also worth adding that currently Kaltuna's website is breaking
the GFDL due to lack of licensing information or references to the
original authors - see http://www.kaltura.com/devwiki/ . Why is the
Wikimedia Foundation actively supporting a company that obvious cares
little about its goals? Do you guys just support anyone who is willing
to throw some money your way without even looking at what they're
offering to ensure they aren't breaking the fundamental principles of
the foundation?

I'm absolutely disgusted, and believe this is a new low for the
Wikimedia Foundation.

Mr. Cakes.

 P.S. Why do you make it as hard as possible to comment on these
matters? Set up a Wiki rather than having to spend forever joining a
mailing list to make comments.