[Foundation-l] Texts deleted on French Wikisource
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Fri Jun 4 09:44:12 UTC 2010
David Gerard wrote:
> Yep! You want to write a first draft of a guide? I'm sure the EFF or
> someone like that will have something suitable to start with.
>
> We can't have a lawyer employed by the WMF look over it, but we have
> lots of lawyers amongst the volunteers.
>
An important point; we musn't force the WMF lawyer into a conflict of
interest
>> The current situation is completely different than the NPG situation,
>> which involved only bogus threats, not a legally binding takedown notice.
>>
> Indeed. If they had issued a takedown notice, someone could have
> responded with "it's not bogus. I am this person at this address. Make
> my day."
>
>
It really feels good to be able to say "Make my day." More of us should
try it.
Ec
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