[Foundation-l] We need to make it easy to fork and leave

[Ray Saintonge]

On 08/15/11 12:10 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote:
>> So you're worried about a policy change? What sort of policy change
>> specifically would necessitate forking the project? Is there any such
>> policy change which could plausibly be implemented by the Foundation
>> while it remains a charity?
>>
> Adding ads (for instance, Google ads) to the Wikipedia pages? (I do not
> mean WMF is planning to do this, but as a remote possibility - why not?)
>

A comprehensive fork would probably need ad revenue more than the WMF 
unless it has deep pockets to get it going.

Ray