[Foundation-l] Back to basics @ Danny

[Gregory Maxwell]

It's far better to post links. Less chances for someone to accidently
pull things far out of context. The list archives are available to the
public via the web.

With this post it request people not repost my messages. Please use
the archives.



On 1/2/07, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Walter,
>
> I am not Danny, but since mailing list posts are public record anyway, go
> ahead.
>
> On 1/2/07, Walter van Kalken <walter at vankalken.net> wrote:
> >
> > Danny do I have your permission to repost this mail in the Dutch
> > villagepump?
> >
> > Waerth
> >
> > >With all the commotion, with the departures over the sitenotice, with the
> > >infighting on various projects (and between various projects), with the
> > bitter
> > >debates over image policy, I thought it may be a good idea to go back to
> > the
> > >very root of all the Wikimedia projects. It is a simple statement, but
> > what
> > >it says--and doesn't say--summarized the very essence of what we
> > are  doing.
> > >
> > >"Imagine a world in which every single human being can  freely share in
> > the
> > >sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."
> > >
> > >Perhaps this should be the yardstick with which we make our
> > decisions.  It is
> > >inclusive ("every single human being") and devoted to free content ("can
> > >freely share"), and it defines the parameters of our content ("the sum of
> > all
> > >human knowledge."). It recognizes that this project is still in the
> > works: we
> > >have not finished what we set out to do ("Imagine a world ...")
> > >
> > >That's our commitment.
> > >
> > >As for what it doesn't say:
> > >It does not say, "Imagine an advertising-free world."
> > >It does not say "where every single person who speaks a English or a
> > >European language ..."
> > >It does not say "share freely unless the unfree content is better."
> > >It does not say "free knowledge and links to where to find out  more/buy
> > it."
> > >It does not say "That's what we did."
> > >
> > >Let's try and refocus the discussions on what our goals are and how we
> > can
> > >best achieve them. Let's use this as our yardstick.
> > >
> > >Danny
> > >
> > >
> > >
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