thomasasta(a)gmx.net wrote:
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Datum: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:10:08 -0500
Von: "James Hare" <messedrocker(a)gmail.com>
An: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org>
Betreff: Re: [Foundation-l] wiki search & wikimedia foundation collaboration with
Limewire and Yacy ?
Wikiasari will be a service of Wikia, not
Wikimedia.
yes, you posted this already, and I got it now,
though Angela refused this seperation of foundation and wikia, after your mail:
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-December/012721.html
You misunderstood. She did not refuse separation of Wikia and Wikimedia
Foundation. She explained that Wikiasari was not a Wikia project either.
That´s why I used the foundation list again in CC.
Anyway, then let´s concentrate on the search-l of wikia, though I think it is wrong to
have
the foundation not in the boat. Then the new search engine has nothing
to do with wikipedia and
then the media hype is not understandable.
Precisely correct. The search engine has nothing to do with Wikipedia.
And the media hype is not understandable.
Is Jimmy then a freerider of the wikipedia lable ?
I can not comment, as I am not really sure of what "lable" mean here.
Earning money with wikia (search) riding on wiki and
wikipedia/ wikimedia-foundation is then like
... dunno how to compare.. but
possible.
>From the content view it is time to have an open source engine and I do not
understand,
why wikipedia community should be not participating in this, a common or
a similar project.
If Wikipedians want to participate to such a project, they can
absolutely do so.
I think it is not ok, that the wikipedia community
think wikia-search is from wikipedia
and they support the profit interest of wikia
by free work, which resuls
in a search engine,
which is free, but not open source (maybe the search engine is open
source coded, but the database
has to be payed as a free, but not open source software).
The Wikipedia community does not think wikia-search if from Wikipedia.
The media think so.
The Wikipedia community does not support the profit interest of Wikia by
free work. Any one can go and help. But there is no more relationship.
Jimmy speeks freely of a licensed engine...
Yes, just as Jimbo can also have political opinions, maybe a belief in a
certain God, preference for sushis over german sausages, and more
willingness to date women than men.
Kind regards. tom
It may be that so many wikipedians support the idea of a freely
licenced, search engine, built in collaboration, in the future tom. And
it may be that in the future the Foudnation supports such a project. But
right now Tom, there is nothing. It is just the press making up things.
I have no problem with you discussing this here, but please do realise
that until 48 hours ago, none of us had ever heard of this project. We
just discovered it through the press and are unrelated to it.
Best regards
Ant