[Wikipedia-l] [Fwd: Software Patents: Help Us Win in the Europarl!]

Thu Aug 21 18:02:04 UTC 2003

If Wikipedia was to start to do any lobbying for legislation,
a strict policy would need to be implemented so that any such
activities don't jeapardize its proposed 501(c)(3) tax exemption.
Alex756
From: "Jimmy Wales" <jwales at bomis.com>
> While I'm sympathetic to the cause, I'm not really comfortable with
> Wikipedia per se taking part in a political act just because I (and
> presumably a majority of wikipedians) happen to agree with it.  
> 
> Suppose the next political protest we're asked to participate in is
> pro-war?  Or anti-war?  Or whatever.  Taking sides is something that
> all of us have a moral responsibility to do as individuals, but
> Wikipedia the encyclopedia is outside politics.
>