On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Gregory Maxwell argues that the Wikimedia Foundation should >> voluntarily submit to the type of openness required of government >> agencies; I suspect this is a fundamental difference of philosophy, >> and relates to why I mentioned "majority shareholder" in my initial >> post. As the Wikimedia community, what level of detailed control are >> we entitled to? We have some of the hallmarks of the role of the >> shareholder but not others, in that legally we have no particular >> rights to the Foundation but practically we control the Board >> composition through elections. >> > > > Greg raises a very strong point that demolishes your reply. You say > "wikipedia is a business, therefore..." and of course... Wikipedia is not a > bussiness (perhaps you mixed up with wikia?) > _______________________________________________
I'll stipulate that "corporation" is a more accurate term. I don't see how the semantic difference impacts my reply. But thanks for making sure I wasn't confusing the various entities. Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
