Fred Bauder, so far as I know, INAL. It's pretty sad that so many prominent Wikipedians hold the truth of the world to be in such low disregard.
On 12/12/10, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 5:49 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yes, raw data is a primary source and therefore likely unsuitable for >>> en:wp. >>> >>> The raw data is, however, US government public domain and therefore >>> suitable for Wikisource as an important historical text (which it is). >>> Possibly when the whole collection has been released and there is >>> context to give. Particularly notable cables might be worth curating >>> for their importance. >> >> I'm not so sure about that. These materials are coming from the US >> government, but they have not been published by the US government. It >> depends on the exact text of the law, but I do think it's likely that >> the government PD is about material both created and published by the >> government rather than just created. Even if not, there might still be >> a restriction that it only holds for work that has been legally >> published. >> >> -- >> André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com > > The information is classified; republishing it is a crime in the United > States; Wikipedia is hosted in the United States. We would not be alone, > but could be made an example of. Not likely, but not something to waste > limited resources on, IMO. What does our republication or link to the > material add in terms of information for the reader, other than ready > access to primary data? > > In contrast to WikiLeaks, neither our principals nor our corporation is > anonymous. The barn door is open; the secrets are running wild in the > world; should we catch them and put them in our pasture? Solidarity? Duty > to the truth? Do the right thing? Viva la Revolution!? > > Fred > > User:Fred Bauder > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l