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

Chris Down neuro.wikipedia at googlemail.com
Wed Apr 1 20:56:24 UTC 2009


HELL PERHAPS.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Ryan Kaldari <kaldari at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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