[Foundation-l] Latest board resolutions

Sun Jul 30 17:33:54 UTC 2006

On 7/29/06, Jack <jackdt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>I'm just not comfortable with leasing period.
> >>>I find Wikipedia to be too important to leave in anyone's hands
> >>>other than the immediate foundation.  A company that leases
> >>>servers may easily give in to legal challenges or other backhanded
> >>>threats.
> >>>-- mboverload
> >
> > It seems rather far fetched to me that a company with a big leasing
> > contract like this is going to just decide to break its contract and
> > confiscate its servers.
> > -- Anthony
>
> See "FBI seizes Indymedia servers"
> <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/08/1097089554894.html>

Umm, that was the FBI.  They can seize leased servers just the same as
they can seize owned ones.