On 16 January 2016 at 22:09, Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> wrote:
> Do we want to charge for knowledge? Of course not. But do we want to be > able to introduce cool new tools for everyone faster, because e.g. Google > is willing to pay for their development if they can use it for some time > earlier as "premium"? I don't know yet. Let's talk > Realistically, the only way that I can see that the community would stand for this is if the tool in question was something that was unquestionably of use to a large segment of the community as a whole, and if the WMF clearly did not have the resources to build it themselves without outside assistance. But perhaps I'm wrong there. > I do, however, believe that if we ever decide to do this, with the > community's backing, any charging should resemble grants a bit (there > should be a clear time horizon when what we are able to develop as " > premium" becomes standard and free; if it is also useful for the general > public). > If we're going to go down this road, I agree with this. Cheers, Craig _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
