[Foundation-l] Fwd: [WL-News] Wikimedia Foundation in danger of losing immunity under the Communications Decency Act

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Tue May 20 11:50:49 UTC 2008


> Both Mike and Jimmy have tried to be clear when they're communicating
>  an official position.  There have been problems with this in the past
>  (the events leading to Erik's short desysopping, for example, among
>  others), but I think in general everyone's more aware of this now.
>  The bulk of administrators and I hope all the Stewards are aware of
>  the issues and won't sanction when there's no clear "the Foundation
>  OFFICE hat was on".

I think, when Mike is giving legal advice, it's natural to assume he's
doing that in an official capacity, regardless of what headgear he may
be wearing.



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