Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qrpedia domain transfer
Hi Nathan, Re Q1 our legal advice was to set up a separate company in case anyone came after QRcodes in some litigious fashion. This keeps it at arms length. Q2 I am the only person associated with it at the moment - the AGM was a rather solitary affair - but we need to add another director not least in case I go under a bus. Q3. There will be an agreement, it is being drafted. Come into the office for a coffee and we could chat about it in more detail. Jon Davies On 20 December 2013 18:45, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Katherine, I just have a couple of questions if you have a moment... 1) Why did WMUK choose to incorporate a new company to host the qrpedia IP? 2) Who are the officers / trustees of Cultural Outreach Ltd and how are they chosen? 3) Are there already or will there need to be cross agreements between WMF and other Wikimedia entities and Cultural Outreach Ltd? Thanks, Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qrpedia domain transfer
Crossed wires I think. Jon was probably referring to the internal agreement between WMUK and its subsidiary Cultural Outreach whereby WMUK will pay the domain name renewal fees. That simply allows us to maintain a non trading status for Cultural Outreach which keeps legal fees to a minimum. QRpedia is and will remain free for use by anyone, without any need for an agreement or approval from WMUK. Michael On 21 Dec 2013, at 14:25, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 21 December 2013 09:02, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: 3) Are there already or will there need to be cross agreements between WMF and other Wikimedia entities and Cultural Outreach Ltd? Q3. There will be an agreement, it is being drafted. This seems to imply that QRpedia will no longer be freely and openly available for anyone to use, as it has been from inception. I hope that's not the case, but would be grateful for assurances. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qrpedia domain transfer
Totally. In fact I think this string demonstrates a little of why this has taken two years one month and 21 days! But with good faith we got there!!! On 21 December 2013 15:29, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: Crossed wires I think. Jon was probably referring to the internal agreement between WMUK and its subsidiary Cultural Outreach whereby WMUK will pay the domain name renewal fees. That simply allows us to maintain a non trading status for Cultural Outreach which keeps legal fees to a minimum. QRpedia is and will remain free for use by anyone, without any need for an agreement or approval from WMUK. Michael On 21 Dec 2013, at 14:25, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 21 December 2013 09:02, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: 3) Are there already or will there need to be cross agreements between WMF and other Wikimedia entities and Cultural Outreach Ltd? Q3. There will be an agreement, it is being drafted. This seems to imply that QRpedia will no longer be freely and openly available for anyone to use, as it has been from inception. I hope that's not the case, but would be grateful for assurances. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qrpedia domain transfer
Thanks for clarifying. On 21 December 2013 15:29, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote: Crossed wires I think. Jon was probably referring to the internal agreement between WMUK and its subsidiary Cultural Outreach whereby WMUK will pay the domain name renewal fees. That simply allows us to maintain a non trading status for Cultural Outreach which keeps legal fees to a minimum. QRpedia is and will remain free for use by anyone, without any need for an agreement or approval from WMUK. Michael On 21 Dec 2013, at 14:25, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 21 December 2013 09:02, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: 3) Are there already or will there need to be cross agreements between WMF and other Wikimedia entities and Cultural Outreach Ltd? Q3. There will be an agreement, it is being drafted. This seems to imply that QRpedia will no longer be freely and openly available for anyone to use, as it has been from inception. I hope that's not the case, but would be grateful for assurances. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Qrpedia domain transfer
Dear all, In January it was announced that Wikimedia UK had reached an agreement with Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden to accept the donation of the intellectual property rights of QRpedia to Wikimedia UK. WMUK are choosing to do this via a company called Cultural Outreach limited. This will mean that in future the site qrpedia.org will be managed by Cultural Outreach Ltd and governed by the Wikimedia UK Website Privacy Policy. Both the domains qrpedia.org and qrwp.org were transferred to the registrar maintained by Cultural Outreach Ltd as of today. This is a notice that the server hosting for the sites will be changed at 22:00 on Sunday 22nd December. Users should not notice any difference, however there is the very slight chance that in some cases QR codes may not work for short periods during the switch. If you experience a problem you can report it by emailing t...@wikimedia.org.uk or by logging a bug at the Wikimedia UK install of bugzilla (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk/) *Katherine Bavage * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0752 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qrpedia domain transfer
Thanks Katherine, I just have a couple of questions if you have a moment... 1) Why did WMUK choose to incorporate a new company to host the qrpedia IP? 2) Who are the officers / trustees of Cultural Outreach Ltd and how are they chosen? 3) Are there already or will there need to be cross agreements between WMF and other Wikimedia entities and Cultural Outreach Ltd? Thanks, Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qrpedia domain transfer
On 20 December 2013 18:45, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: 2) Who are the officers / trustees of Cultural Outreach Ltd and how are they chosen? See https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cultural_Outreach_Limited -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
