Comments on: Wikimedia Foundation seeks declaratory relief in response to legal threats from Internet Brands

By: Internet Brands and Wikimedia: BY-SA Withstands Scrutiny - Creative Commons

Internet Brands and Wikimedia: BY-SA Withstands Scrutiny - Creative Commons — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:30:32 +0000

[...] to support those volunteers (who are also Wikimedia volunteers) in their legal defense, and in its blog post explained that it did not think it appropriate for Internet Brands to attempt to intimidate the [...]

By: khriss.com IB impedisce ai volontari di Wikitravel la collaborazione a Wikipedia | khriss.com

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:32:46 +0000

[...] Via | Wikimedia Foundation [...]

By: Wikitravel versus Wikimedia: something is going badly wrong with the free content movement – Telegraph Blogs

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:04:52 +0000

[...] response, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a suit in San Francisco against Internet Brands, seeking “…a judicial declaration that Internet Brands has no lawful right to impede, [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:59:30 +0000

Andy, if they did what you say, then they have done the very definition of forking. And forking is part of the license that IB agreed to! There is nothing unethical about it.

By: Cascos Romanos

Cascos Romanos — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:37:46 +0000

We have to fight to support our freedoms in all the sites and Internet is one of them

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:25:51 +0000

Seems to me if they were administrators of Wikitravel and went to Wikimedia – taking content along with them – that seems to be at least highly unethical, if not outright theft or piracy.

By: Mister Cat

Mister Cat — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:36:20 +0000

David, what I read seemed to be focusing on their use of their status as Wikitravel insiders, and access to Wikitravel resources, to attempt to migrate users and thus damage Wikitravel. See specifically section 30. Whether it’s forbidden by contract, I can’t say, but that certainly does seem out of line to me.

By: IB impedisce ai volontari di Wikitravel la collaborazione a Wikipedia » SeeYouLike

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:06:48 +0000

[...] Via | Wikimedia Foundation [...]

By: IB impedisce ai volontari di Wikitravel la collaborazione a Wikipedia | PowerBlog.it

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:01:57 +0000

[...] Via | Wikimedia Foundation [...]

By: Lo strano caso di WikiTravel « Wiki spiegata a mia nonna

Lo strano caso di WikiTravel « Wiki spiegata a mia nonna — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:45:06 +0000

[...] In cauda venenum, Internet Brands ha deciso di denunciare due amministratori volontari di WikiTravel (un canadese e uno statunitense). Questo ha portato la WMF a contrattaccare e chiedere al foro di San Francisco una sentenza dichiarativa con la quale si possa stabilire che “Internet Brands non ha nessun diritto di impedire, interrompere o bloccare la creazione di un nuovo progetto dedicato al turismo gestito dalla Wikimedia Foundation, in risposta alle richieste della comunità di volontari di Wikimedia“. La dichiarazione originale la potete trovare sul blog di WMF. [...]