Hi!
On Mon, 3 May 2004 21:55:17 -0500, Sheldon Rampton wrote:
Even if Jimbo *were* currently drawing a salary from
the Wikimedia
Foundation, it wouldn't exactly be a scandal. Frankly, I think the
Wikimedia Foundation *should* have paid staff, and as soon as
possible. A project as substantial as the Wikipedia can't run on
volunteer sacrifices forever.
While I do agree that eventually paid staff should and will come, drawing from
the donations now, which, as far as I know, were made mostly or exclusively
for hardware upgrades, would be not a good idea at all. Not only would feel
many of the donors feel duped (and it would prevent many people from making
donations in the future as well), there would most likely also be legal
problems arising from that.
So if there are paid employees ever for the foundation, that needs a legal
framework first. Which I would not mind.
Alex
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