[WikiFR-l] Mirror of French WP in Paris

Mar 11 Nov 01:24:08 UTC 2003

Reponse de Jimmy Wales :

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jimmy Wales" <jwales at bomis.com>
To: <wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Read only mirror in Paris & French law non
profitorganisation

> Yann Forget wrote:
> > Following my demand, the Ouvaton cooperative has offered to host a
> > read only mirror of the French Wikipedia with a budget of 1000 euros
> > for a year in hardware and bandwidth. For that it is necessary that
> > a non profit organisation to be set up in France.
>
> Can you explain why a nonprofit organization set up in France is
> necessary for this?  Can we not just accept the offer as we are right
> now, without the overhead, expense, and risk of a separate
> organization?
>
> --Jimbo