[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

[Deryck Chan]

In contrast to Tom's opinion, I believe that WMF has done the right thing -
write the blog post in a way so as to create the biggest PR impact within
the limits of factual accuracy; and link to the PDF and discussions for the
sake of transparency.

On 6 September 2012 15:12, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Nonsense; the blog post is the PR release.
>
> So, yes, unfortunately I assert bad faith - hiding it in the brief is
> basically standard misdirection, in my experience. And for a movement
> dedicated (supposedly) to transparency it is very sad to see.
>
> Tom
>
> On 6 September 2012 15:03, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 6 September 2012 14:53, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas at googlemail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Everyone (including in the recent board statement) seems to be avoiding
> > > mention that this new travel site has come about due to Wiki Travel
> > admins
> > > having an interest in moving away from IB, or that it will be seeded
> with
> > > Wiki Travel content.
> > > It seems intellectually dishonest to leave this out of public
> statements.
> > > It doesn't materially affect the issue - but it could well be seen as
> > > underhand by the cynical mind (i.e. if someone as suspicious as me,
> > > approaching this for the first time, later found out this fact it would
> > > certainly be an "aha" moment).
> >
> >
> > It certainly explicitly says just that all over the PDF. Did you read
> > it, before asserting bad faith?
> >
> > The blog post is somewhat wordy, but it does correctly note "The
> > Wikimedia movement stands in the balance". I really don't think
> > they're soft-pedaling this.
> >
> >
> > - d.
> >
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