[Foundation-l] Creative Commons publishes report on defining "Non-commercial", Is Wikpedia non commercial?

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jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
> Sorry,
> But my question is not if we as a wikimedia group is violating the license,
> but if they as users are.
> I would like a professional opinion on the question :
> 
>     Is wikipedia non commercial or commercial non profit?
> 

It makes no difference. Wikipedia licenses everything on for commercial 
use. As you cannot relicense someone else's work, you cannot use a NC 
license worked. Most NC licensees probably wouldn't mind wikipedia 
reusing stuff, but they don't want big media reusing it.