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Re: Charity application rejected

by Brian McNeil-2 :: Rate this Message:

Because WMUK would be so closely associated with the 501(c) WMF, I think
Mike Godwin should be pointed at this. I appreciate various factors may make
him unable to further involve himself, but you don't know what UK
legal-eagle contacts he can point your way.

Brian.

-----Original Message-----
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@...
[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Thomas
Dalton
Sent: 25 April 2009 01:45
To: wikimediauk-l@...
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity application rejected

2009/4/25 Michael Bimmler <mbimmler@...>:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@...>
wrote:

>> (Did you intend to send that to the public list? Either way, it's here
>> now, so replying on-list.)
>>
>> The law is fine, it's just being misapplied. Writing an encyclopaedia
>> doesn't increase knowledge, it's a tertiary source, all the knowledge
>> is already in existence. It disseminates knowledge, something I
>> consider to be pretty synonymous with "education". I think at this
>> point we need a lawyer. I'll look up that case
>
> For reference, the case is online here:
> http://www.btinternet.com/~akme/shaw.html though with terrible
> markup. I'll look for LexisNexis sources and similar, but those are
> typically not public, so I thought I'd share that one with the list.

I've found it on LexisNexis:

http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=tru
e&risb=21_T6406107890&format=GNBFULL&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=151&resultsUrlK
ey=29_T6406107893&cisb=22_T6406107892&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=279841&do
cNo=152

(probably a better URL, but I don't know how to use LexisNexis!)

The case is about an attempt to form a charity to research inventing a
new alphabet for writing English which would have 40 characters and be
easier to use. The judge concluded that increasing knowledge is not
the same as education, which is entirely correct. The case is about
original research, it has nothing to do with encyclopaedias and does
not apply to them.

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