Re: [Foundation-l] (no subject)

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Gregory Kohs wrote: > To me, this smacks of an utter disregard for the intent and spirit of > the free license.   It's the same sort of flippant administrative > attitude that (nearly) allowed Guy "JzG" Chapman to grossly plagiarize > my original, freely-licensed

Re: [Foundation-l] (no subject)

2009/10/13 Gregory Kohs : > These people are not Wikipedia editors.  Is it appropriate and/or > legal under the terms of the GFDL or the CC-by-SA for a > freely-licensed work to be "claimed" with a preposition such as "by", > which by any interpretation of the English language in this usage, > wou

Re: [Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing scam

Robert Rohde said: + At its core though, the fact that Wikipedia works can be repackaged and sold is a feature of the free content movement. + Via trickery? Some accomplishment. Andrew Gray says: = this may be a failing of Amazon = Amazon... Where have I hear

Re: [Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing scam

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Gregory Kohs wrote: > Look, if the license is itself a feeble instrument that almost begs to > be mocked, then I guess the "caveat emptor" applies not only to the > stooges who might buy these books (is there any evidence that anyone > is actually purchasing them?

Re: [Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing scam

I have submitted the following to GNU.org, to Amazon, to Alphascript Publishing, and the FTC, so maybe they can professionally sort it out. I may not have legal footing, but if not, it still stinks: Amazon.com is allowing the fraudulent marketing of published content by Alphascript Publishing. T

[Foundation-l] Office hours tomorrow, Thursday, October 15

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Re: [Foundation-l] Office hours tomorrow, Thursday, October 15

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cary Bass wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This Thursday's office hours will feature Mike Godwin, the > Wikimedia Foundation's Legal Counsel. If you don't know Mike > Godwin, you can read about him at . > > Office hours this Thur

Re: [Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing scam

I wonder what Alphascript will think of this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6130037589 Americans love a good bargain. Too bad I don't have the time to duplicate this effort the 5,000 times to keep up with them. Greg ___ foundation-l mailing

Re: [Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing scam

Is 19.95 your cost? I'ver mentioned before that this is the best way to effectively put them out of business.   From: Gregory Kohs To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 10:10:32 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing s

[Foundation-l] Report to the Board August 2009

Report to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Covering: August 2009 Prepared by: Sue Gardner, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation Prepared for: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees MILESTONES FROM AUGUST * Engagement of recruiters to fill new positions and vacancies: Chief Developme