2017-05-17 10:38 GMT-07:00 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il>: > Heh, I remember Mr Wales asking what could the movement do with a million > dollars some time around 2006. That question was about a hundred million, actually:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-10-16/Copyright#.24100_million_copyright_fund_provokes_discussion Many of those suggestions are interesting to read a decade later: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_wishlist (and talk page) https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-October/thread.html#27850 Some of the proposals have become reality since 2006, e.g.: * sheet music - the Petrucci library/IMSLP, founded that year, seems to be doing a fairly good job here, at least regarding PD classical music (using MediaWiki no less) * free maps and geodata - OSM * all academic papers in JSTOR that are public domain - by JSTOR itself (but only partially, and not before Aaron Swartz became involved) * Happy Birthday - via legal means (exposed as copyfraud via academic research and subsequently freed by lawsuit) Regards, HaeB (T. Bayer) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
