[Commons-l] Getting rid of 'best before'

Thu Nov 23 14:28:30 UTC 2006

On 11/23/06, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this is not the best attitude. (Especially since we can't stop
> any Wikimedia wiki using our content, so it's a kinda hollow threat.)

If the content becomes so unstable it becomes inposible to use people
would stop useing it.

> If Commons is going to serve its primary useful purpose, it definitely
> needs the acceptance and cooperation of Wikimedia wikis. Alienating
> projects with a "if you don't like it, tough" attitude seems
> counterproductive.

That would depend on what exactly commons wants to be. En wikipedia
has ~300K free images hosted localy so in some ways commons is already
not performing that function.
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geni