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Does free knowledge require free software?

Last night I was having a bit of a philosophical debate and I thought I’d externalize it. Everyone knows that the Wikimedia Foundation is a big proponent of “free software”, and similarly, “free access”. By that I mean audio and video is uploaded in formats like Ogg Vorbis / Ogg Theora rather than patented formats…

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Wikimedia Foundation – Growing too fast? Or people just scared of numbers?

Recently the Wikimedia Foundation finalized their “5 year strategy” and posted the 2010-2011 Annual Plan.  I read the entire plan and found it an interesting read.  Previous to this, I had heard rumblings that the Foundation was going to double in size over the next year.  They are 40 some fulltimers now, and that means…

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