[Foundation-l] Info/Law blog: Using Wikisource as an Alternative Open Access Repository for Legal Scholarship

[John Vandenberg]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Ok Shakespeare. But in plain english you appear to be saying that
> >> corporations are inherently greedy and have a tendency to be evil. Sure,
> >> but
> >> we expect more out of GOOG. This is not MSFT we are talking about.
> >
> >
> > Of course they're inherently greedy.  That's the whole purpose of a
> > for-profit corporation - to make as much money as possible for its
> > shareholders.
> >
>
> I guess even a non-profit is inherently greedy, it's just greedy for
> something other than money.  The WMF is greedy for the spread of free
> knowledge.
>
> But this is off-topic.  Let's take it to another list or something.

off-topic?? ... surely you jest!!

I think about _three_ of the 50+ emails in this thread have been on
the topic of open access journal articles on Wikisource.

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John Vandenberg