[Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

[Theo10011]

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:49 AM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Neil Babbage <neil at thebabbages.com> wrote:
> > Yes they are able to strike, but that still doesn't give them the right
> > (legal or moral) to shut down property that doesn't belong to them. In
> > any case, if the servers are located in the US then US law applies to
> > their management.
>
> The WMF can override the local community if they want.
>
> The WMF is very unlikely to approve of this, as that would be
> influencing legislation.
>
>
Not really John, I don't think you saw Sue's statement on this thread
earlier.

It is the community's position, the Italian community is influencing
legislation, WMF is not.

Theo