Hi, Why did wmuk form a company?
Rupert Am 24.06.2013 22:38 schrieb "Roger Bamkin" <[email protected]>: > More than willing to talk but there is nothing to say I'm afraid. We > missed the occasion of GLAMwiki and the AGM. I am told that WMUK managed to > form a company but the trustee who had created the agreements left the > board at the AGM. Doug will be missed. > > QRpedia is much more relevant to Freopedia, Joburgpedia and > Gibraltarpedia. Over a thousand new articles, lots of plaques and new > editors working on articles in new languages. Our third Featured article of > the day in the next few days and the second QRpedia inspired project should > make 1,000 articles next month. > > The work at Walsal looks very impressive and there is work in > Monmouthshire as well so progress is being made by lots of people. > > R > > > On 24 June 2013 19:56, Thehelpfulone <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Following up on this from earlier this month - it still appears that >> there is a delay in the transfer of the domain. Chris, Jon or Roger, please >> could you give an update? Thanks. >> >> On 8 June 2013 09:48, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> hi chris, what will the solution be? >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Chris Keating < >>> [email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi Andreas, >>> >> >>> >> Yes, of course. >>> >> >>> >> The delay has basically been down to the risk of patent litigation. >>> >> >>> >> At least one Wikimedia chapter has received letters from people who >>> >> purport that QRpedia infringes on various patents. >>> >> >>> >> We do not believe this is the case and do not believe the probability >>> of >>> >> being involved in actual litigation is high. However if it did happen >>> it >>> >> could be very costly. >>> >> >>> >> So we have been taking advice on how to deal with this risk, and have >>> >> reached a solution which will work. Roger and Terence have been very >>> >> patiently waiting for this to be sorted out - apologies to them, and >>> >> everyone else waiting for an outcome, for the delay. >>> >> >>> >> Chris >>> > >>> > >>> > Thanks, Chris. >>> > >>> > A. >>> > >>> >> -- >> Thehelpfulone >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone >> > > > > -- > Roger Bamkin > *+44 (0) 771 9790901* > 01332 702993 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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