top | item 46299932 (no title) nairboon | 2 months ago > There is currently no real European equivalent to the [..] Wikipedia monopoly8 out of the 10 largest Wikipedias are European languages... discuss order hn newest nephihaha|2 months ago Wikipedia is an American outfit, owned by the American businessman Jimmy Wales. It doesn't matter which language it is in. louisbourgault|2 months ago Calling a system that is 90% foss and public domain "owned" by anyone is a bit of a stretch. I can, fully legally, download all the text of Wikipedia for about 130gb and host it myself. Besides, Jimmy Wales is awesome. load replies (1) ivan_gammel|2 months ago Wikipedia is open source software serving public domain content. Wales controls the main fundraising outfit and domain, but the rest is not his IP. load replies (1)
nephihaha|2 months ago Wikipedia is an American outfit, owned by the American businessman Jimmy Wales. It doesn't matter which language it is in. louisbourgault|2 months ago Calling a system that is 90% foss and public domain "owned" by anyone is a bit of a stretch. I can, fully legally, download all the text of Wikipedia for about 130gb and host it myself. Besides, Jimmy Wales is awesome. load replies (1) ivan_gammel|2 months ago Wikipedia is open source software serving public domain content. Wales controls the main fundraising outfit and domain, but the rest is not his IP. load replies (1)
louisbourgault|2 months ago Calling a system that is 90% foss and public domain "owned" by anyone is a bit of a stretch. I can, fully legally, download all the text of Wikipedia for about 130gb and host it myself. Besides, Jimmy Wales is awesome. load replies (1)
ivan_gammel|2 months ago Wikipedia is open source software serving public domain content. Wales controls the main fundraising outfit and domain, but the rest is not his IP. load replies (1)
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