[Foundation-l] Wikipedia articles based on Wikileaks material

[The Cunctator]

Fred Bauder, so far as I know, INAL. It's pretty sad that so many
prominent Wikipedians hold the truth of the world to be in such low
disregard.

On 12/12/10, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 5:49 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, raw data is a primary source and therefore likely unsuitable for
>>> en:wp.
>>>
>>> The raw data is, however, US government public domain and therefore
>>> suitable for Wikisource as an important historical text (which it is).
>>> Possibly when the whole collection has been released and there is
>>> context to give. Particularly notable cables might be worth curating
>>> for their importance.
>>
>> I'm not so sure about that. These materials are coming from the US
>> government, but they have not been published by the US government. It
>> depends on the exact text of the law, but I do think it's likely that
>> the government PD is about material both created and published by the
>> government rather than just created. Even if not, there might still be
>> a restriction that it only holds for work that has been legally
>> published.
>>
>> --
>> André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com
>
> The information is classified; republishing it is a crime in the United
> States; Wikipedia is hosted in the United States. We would not be alone,
> but could be made an example of. Not likely, but not something to waste
> limited resources on, IMO. What does our republication or link to the
> material add in terms of information for the reader, other than ready
> access to primary data?
>
> In contrast to WikiLeaks, neither our principals nor our corporation is
> anonymous. The barn door is open; the secrets are running wild in the
> world; should we catch them and put them in our pasture? Solidarity? Duty
> to the truth? Do the right thing? Viva la Revolution!?
>
> Fred
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> User:Fred Bauder
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