Re: [dev] AfD discussion of dwm Wikipedia article

I doubt it will have any impact at all; but as it does appear
discriminatory to me, I have posted a brief rant:
http://jasonwryan.com/post/409379904/wikipedia

Thayer Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Jason Ryan <jasonwryan_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It points to a deficiency in the way Wikipedia views nospaceility: it is quite
>> at odds with the notion of influence and derivation that powers free and
>> proprietary software...
>>
>
> Agreed. I said as much too. Under the current Wikipedia guidelines,
> the vast majority of FOSS (and some open source) articles should be
> deleted. It's unfortunate and less than little ironic that a
> corporation-based 'open' encyclopedia would undermine the exposure of
> other corporation-oriented projects.
>
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