[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

[Florence Devouard]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 07/03/2008, SlimVirgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I agree. I had no idea when I started who owned what, and I didn't
>>  care. The social and moral value of the project exists independently
>>  of the money angle. And if it had been run with almost all the profits
>>  going to good causes, it would still have been a very attractive
>>  project to volunteer for.
> 
> 
> I always assumed (2004) it was Jimbo's wiki, he just let us edit it -
> I was unaware this had already changed as of 2003, at least on paper.


All assets (one server and a couple of domain names essentially) were 
given to the Foundation mid 2003. The first big fundraiser took place in 
december 2003. This fundraiser brought money from community members 
mostly, and the money was used to pay for server n°2 and server n°3.

I have no idea who paid for server n°1. Presumably Jimbo or Bomis.

In 2004, legally speaking, it was definitly no more Jimbo's wiki. It was 
Wikimedia Foundation wiki.

Ant


> For a direct comparison, lots of people (including me) contribute to
> Wikia wikis, because the content can be taken off it and set up
> elsewhere, even though that's much more a case of "It's Jimbo and
> Angela's wiki farm, they just let us edit it".
> 
> 
>>  Antony said earlier that, as a Randian, Jimbo would act only out of
>>  self-interest and not altruism, but this is a false dichotomy. People
>>  who act altruistically want to do so at some level, or else they
>>  wouldn't.
> [...]
> 
> 
> Speaking as someone whose political ideas formed in the '80s, lifelong
> Labor/Labour voter who speaks Ideologically Sound as a second
> language, I have no trouble seeing altruism and community effort
> entirely in terms of game theory and being fairly obviously
> advantageous in terms of creating a nicer environment to do everything
> else in.
> 
> 
> - d.
> 
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