[Foundation-l] Fwd: Should WMF opt out of Phorm?

Ryan Kaldari kaldari at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 18:50:53 UTC 2009


On a serious note, however, I would say HELL YES.

Ryan Kaldari

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Ryan Kaldari <kaldari at gmail.com> wrote:
> At this point I would suggest that we go ahead and block access to
> Wikipedia from the UK entirely. Wikipedia isn't compatible with their
> censorship, libel, copyright, or privacy policies.
>
> Ryan Kaldari
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:33 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2009/03/22/open-letter-call-for-major-websites-to-opt-out-of-phorm/
>>
>> Should we say "er, no, not our data either" or ignore them?
>>
>> (This has been discussed on internal lists as well, with all
>> commenting saying "HELL YES." The question then is whether, by some
>> obscure legal twist, this would leave WMF somehow exposed. And whether
>> it's worth it anyway.)
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
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