Hi Arun,
I agree that this is a very serious issue. We should contact the foundation's
legal counsel for suitable action as the foundation typically handles
content-issues, particularly ones that involve a question of legality. Chapters
shouldn't be mistaken as being responsible for the content on wikipedia (you'd
know this already, but writing this in general).
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
From: Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 2:57:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws
As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia, this is a serious
issue which needs a decision as it has been in the gray for quite a while. I
have stopped my contribution of Indian maps ever since i realized that my work
could have legal repercussions. For now, all the maps come with an explanation
of the depiction of the borders and a disclaimer that it may not conform to
local laws.
Specimen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_map_blank.svg
This is an issue which requires someone with sound legal knowledge to solve,
something for the chapter to take up. Let us not forget that we are creating a
repository of knowledge, if wikipedia ever hid the truth for the sake of being
politically correct, the whole project is pointless.
--
j.mp/ArunGanesh