[Wikipedia-l] 1911 encyclopedia

[Jimmy Wales]

João Mário Miranda wrote:
> Pagewise.com is a for profit organization:
> 
> http://www.pagewise.com/
> 
> that owns the http://www.WriteForCash.com/ site.
> 
> Probably, they will claim some kind of copyrights over the 
> digitalisation of the 1911 Encyclopedia.

I doubt that very much.  If they were going to do that, presumably the Britannica
people would not have been so gracious.

Strange as it may seem, sometimes businesses do things that don't
directly contribute to profits.  Maybe the owner just _believes in the
idea_, and is willing to support it.

--Jimbo