[Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia

Thomas Goldammer thogol at googlemail.com
Tue Oct 4 23:56:57 UTC 2011


2011/10/5 Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari at wikimedia.org>:
> The WMF isn't allowed to lobby for or against legislation, per our 501c3
> non-profit status in the US. This is not necessarily true for chapters
> though, and definitely not true for the communities.
>
> Ryan Kaldari

not for/against the US legislation, that means? Or world-wide? So, can
WMF write an official letter to the Italian embassador under this
non-profit status or would that be unlawful under the non-profit
terms?

Th.




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