Several folks from the Wikimedia Foundation are participating in the two-day NY24 conference in San Jose. Now in its fourth year, the conference brings together non-profits, tech innovators, and potential funding partners to explore new challenges and opportunities in the tech space.  NetSquared is an initiative of TechSoup Global.

This year’s NetSquared is focussed on the ‘mobile challenge,’ highlighting new applications for mobile technology that can have a positive impact on the world.  Wikimedia is particularly interested in the opportunities of mobile donations, social engagement, and how projects like Wikipedia can engage broader audiences through the very rapidly expanding mobile web.

You can follow the conference twitter feed. You can learn about the 15 featured projects and weigh in with your thoughts as well.

A big thanks to TechSoup and the NetSquared team for organizing a great event and bringing together truly like-minded people.  And of course a thank you to the

Jay Walsh, Head of Communications

Today we announced some fantastic news. The proposal to see Wikimedia’s content adopt a new dual license system has been voted on and approved by the Wikimedia community.  With the full approval of our Board of Trustees, this now means that the Wikimedia Foundation will proceed with the implementation of a CC-BY-SA/GFDL dual license system on all of our project’s content. The new dual license will begin to come into effect in June.

A Q&A about the announcement has been posted on the Foundation wiki.  You can also find considerably more information, discussion, and details about the license change and the work of the license update committee on their meta page.

A huge thanks to the committee, to the folks at Creative Commons (who have also blogged on the topic), to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation, and to thousands of Wikimedia volunteers from around the world who both authored the content and voted to help make the proposal a reality.

Jay Walsh, Head of Communications

The Wikipedia Usability Initiative has extended the application deadline for the Software Developer position till May 30th. We are recruiting two candidates for this position. Both local applicants to the San Francisco Bay Area and remote applicants are encouraged to apply. Please help spread the word.

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Software_Developer_(project)

Naoko Komura
Wikipedia Usability Initiative