[Foundation-l] Bridgeman v. Corel worldwide for Wikimedia Commons

Sun Mar 16 02:59:42 UTC 2008

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

> What becomes problematical is the inability of some readers to
> distinguish between discussible opinion and binding pronouncements.  The
> unfortunate consequence of this is that if every word spoken by a lawyer
> is given the same weight as a supreme court decision there is little
> that he can say without putting himself in a compromising situation.
>
> Ec
>

The "discussible opinion" is an opinion from a lawyer about a law. Until no
one found a different statement from another lawyer, this is the only one
opinion from a lawyer, regarding to [[:m:American non-acceptance of the rule
of the shorter term]], avaiable to do things on Wikimedia projects in order
"to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop
neutral educational content under a free content license or in the public
domain" [1]

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mission&oldid=659746