[WikiEN-l] Fair use redux; the second coming of hell; Are we a free content or aren't we?

[Ray Saintonge]

WikipediaEditor Durin wrote:

>On 7/19/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
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>>WikipediaEditor Durin wrote:
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>>>en.wikipedia is utterly failing at executing the Foundation's mission, and
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>>>it is THE flagship project.
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>>This is unwarranted hyperbole. If we're utterly failing, why is
>>Wikipedia a top-10 website that's rapidly gaining cachet as the first
>>place to look for general information, why is Britannica in terror of
>>us, and (specifically on the "free" front) why is the Wikipedia database
>>being used by literally hundreds of mirrors?
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>Our mission says nothing about striving to become a top 10 website.
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>Please have a look at
>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mission
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developing content under a free content licence does not require that 
the material be free before we use it.  It is more important that we 
participate in making it free.

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