On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>wrote:
> It has always been permitted to use the Commons work commercially. It has > always been explicitly prohibited to disallow non commercial use. > <snip> > I am surprised that you or MaxSem take this position. I do not quite > understand why you did not realise earlier that allowing commercial use is > what we have always done. > That is not at all the point - this is a slippery slope indeed and a dangerous precedent to set, especially at the chapter level. There are potentially ways it could be done properly (eg open access to suppliers meeting a certain standard, non-profit printing, etc.) but so long as we're meeting our targets the potential cost does not seem to be at all worth the significant risk. I hope MaxSem returns once sanity prevails, Sam _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
