>>>> "PG" == Peter Gervai
<grin(a)tolna.net> writes:
PG> You didn't get the point.
No, I didn't. That was the upshot of my message.
PG> It's not about their willingness. It is about the differences
PG> of legal anvironment between US and DE. Maybe it's legal to
PG> talk about nazism in the US and maybe you get to jail for it
PG> in germany. Maybe a definite percent of Wikipedia articles
PG> legal in the US and illegal in DE. Do you want to get US
PG> WIKIMEDIA sued because they are present in german law
PG> environment? Do you want
de-us.wikipedia.org and
PG>
de-de.wikipedia.org for separating articles which are not
PG> legal in germany? Having a censored mirror maybe? (Bad words
PG> changed to stars? THere are funny ideas in the politics
PG> field.)
I'm confused about this example. How would having a German foundation
fix this situation? Would they take on the publisher role that
Wikimedia has now? Would this just be nominal, or would the German
foundation actually operate the de.w.o site?
~ESP
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