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Tue Jul 6 00:35:29 UTC 2010


Offline copies were always part of the Foundation's mission, and the
Foundation has a history of partnering with commercial organisations
to do distribution. For example, there was a CD of the German
Wikipedia for sale in November 2004.

This distribution concept predates the Foundation, and has been
consistently supported by Jimmy and others. It's not antithetical to
anything. See for instance from 2001:

http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_FAQ

"Q. What legalities must be considered in creating conventional
printed snapshots of Wikipedia? Are there any plans for any?"

"Re the second question: No specific plans on the part of Bomis yet,
anyway (there has been vague talk and long-term dreams)--that doesn't
mean someone else couldn't do it, even right now. This is open
content, after all."



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