[Foundation-l] PediaPress

[Magnus Manske]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:37 AM, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> Liam Wyatt wrote:
>> I suspect that the issue lies not with the fact that you are only a couple
>> of clicks away from the PediaPress bookprinting service from every Wikipedia
>> article, but more the fact that the PediaPress system is the *only *service
>> listed on the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Book As Erik
>> mentioned in the previous email, the relationship with PediaPress is
>> non-exclusive and entirely independent from the  "Book Creator" code.
>
> I enjoyed your examples of for-profit companies' products being integrated
> with Wikimedia.
>
> I wonder, if a company like CafePress wanted to sell Wikimedia apparel and
> would donate a percentage of their revenue to Wikimedia, would they get a
> sidebar link (or section) as well? The response from Erik seems to be "well,
> having printed copies of our work makes us feel good," which is perfectly
> fine, but so does a fitted T-shirt with the Wikipedia logo on the front.
> Would a company like CafePress be allowed to have a link in the sidebar to
> their Wikimedia-related products? What are the exact criteria for getting to
> be "only a couple of clicks away" for millions of visitors?

"Wikimedia is owned and operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a
non-profit foundation dedicated to bringing free content to the
world."

For us, PediaPress brings free (as in freedom) content to the world.
CafePress brings T-shirts to the world. You might be able to spot the
difference.

Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. We work on it online, because that is
the most efficient and convenient way to do it. I have an offline copy
of it on my iPhone. I have an (outdated) German DVD with a copy. Many
people have WikiReaders. I am sure many people without net access
would be happy with a single-volume Wikipedia V1.0 desk encyclopaedia.

If a company would take the export function and write an open source
extension to produce multi-platform DVDs that allow you to browse a
snapshot of the selected articles, their link should go right next to
the PediaPress one.

Magnus