[Foundation-l] Controversial content software status
Andre Engels
andreengels at gmail.com
Thu Mar 8 13:26:58 UTC 2012
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Phoebe, does this sound familiar? "We want you to imagine a world in which
> every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That
> is our commitment". "We're in it for the long haul". (From: "Ten things you
> may not know about Wikipedia")
>
> Should this read, "...the sum of all knowledge (except any controversial
> content that may upset some people."
No. Re-read what it says there. _Can_, not _must_. We are there to
freely provide knowledge _to those who want that knowledge_. If
someone does not want some knowledge, we are not there to force them
to read and watch it nevertheless.
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André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com
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