The Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Brands (IB) have settled a lawsuit over the recently-launched Wikivoyage site, which provides free, user-editable travel information. Back in August 2012, IB -- the parent company of the existing site Wikitravel -- sued two of its former volunteers over plans to use Creative Commons content from Wikitravel in Wikivoyage, threatening to derail the entire project. Wikimedia intervened to protect the volunteers and has now successfully obtained a court declarat...
Wikimedia and Internet Brands settle five-month lawsuit over new Wikivoyage site
The Verge - 16 Feb 2013 23:47
The Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Brands (IB) have settled a lawsuit over the recently-launched Wikivoyage site, which provides free, user-editable travel information. Back in August 2012, IB -- the parent company of the existing site Wikitravel -- sued two of its former volunteers over plans to use Creative Commons content from Wikitravel in Wikivoyage, threatening to derail the entire project. Wikimedia intervened to protect the volunteers and has now successfully obtained a court declarat...
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