On 19/09/2011 15:54, Roger Bamkin wrote: > Lodewijk wrote " I can imagine that whether Wikipedia is publicly > beneficial is not really into question" ... actually ... it is. > > This is not about reality but law. In this case we need to prove that > Wikipedia is of public benefit. As Fae notes, WMUK raises funds which it > uses in part to fund Wikipedia. If we can prove that Wikipedia is useful > then WMUK can prove its value (in UK charity law). (Most people would > think that increasing knowledge is of public benefit, but not according > to UK charity law.)
For anyone wanting to read more into what the Charity Commission has to say on the subject: <http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Charity_requirements_guidance/Charity_essentials/Public_benefit/pbeduc.aspx> KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
