On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So what happens when our editors start using their access to copy > public domain works hijacked by JSTOR into Wikisource when the > contract Wikimedia has with JSTOR forbids that activity? Will > Wikimedia tell its contributors that they can't copy these > indisputably public domain works into Wikisource? Would such a restriction really be a major disaster? Limited access to content for which we previously had no access? Sometimes achieving a worthy goal requires a compromise, and in this case it doesn't strike me as an unnacceptable compromise (even granting full credit to your description of the status of things, which I imagine probably has some ambiguity you are leaving out). > > > Why does it seem that no one in this thread is bothering to even > consider attaching to pre-existing university library access? Must we > always reinvent the wheel? That is an interesting possibility - is that achievable? Would interpreting an existing set of agreements between publishers and a university as authorizing that institution to grant access to Wikimedia editors be something that any major university is willing to do? Something that DGG can perhaps comment on. Nathan > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- Your donations keep Wikipedia running! Support the Wikimedia Foundation today: http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l