Hi All: I'm still riding the wave of enjoyment I caught at Wikimania in Gdansk, thanks for that :).
One of the topics that came up in my conversations there had to do with Wikimedia's policies surrounding free software. It is my view that a good portion of 'the sum of all knowledge' is currently embodied in software and programming practice. At the same time, I know that access to knowledge is often done 'by any means necessary'. Given the potential for confusion and even frustration when rights and responsibilities aren't clear, I think it would be great if the foundation had some clear policies about how it will invest in software development. I note that this year's GNU Hackers Meeting is taking place very soon; http://www.gnu.org/ghm/2010/denhaag/ -- Personally I'd love it if future Wikimanias could be co-located with or otherwise bridged with GNU meetings. Joe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
