←back to thread

Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney

(www.washingtonpost.com)
754 points coloneltcb | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 23:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
tintor ◴[26 Apr 25 01:20 UTC] No.43800075[source]▶
Wikipedia needs decentralized hosting infra, away from any single country. It is way too important.
replies(5): >>43800242 #>>43800721 #>>43800746 #>>43802096 #>>43802259 #
1. bawolff ◴[26 Apr 25 03:38 UTC] No.43800721[source]▶
Decentralization typically means instead of being subject to one crazy government you are subject to multiple and have to deal with all.

I think wikipedia's approach of centralizing in one place but allowing downloading backups and making all sourcecode and server config public is better. If the worst happens anyone can setup a fork.