Ilaw: Wikipedia Assignment

Place your wiki page and thoughts here.

Ben Snitkoff: Personal Jurisdiction in Internet Cases

I chose to edit the Personal Jurisdiction in Internet Cases page, as it was covered in our third class.

March 16, 2008

I just finished editing the Personal Jurisdiction in Internet Cases page. First thing I'll say is that editing a wikipedia page wholesale like that is a lot harder then it looks. The markup is very different then anything I was used to, so I made quite a few errors in the markup, and probably one or two in text too. It's kind of like writing a short memo in word, but without the benefit of being able to see the formatting before you're done. Not pleasant.

John Long: GNU GPL

I chose to edit the GNU GPL page after our discussion in class today.

March 20, 2008

I was able to edit the page more easily than I thought, save for the markup. With extensive coverage already present, it was easy to pick out what I needed to get a quick first edit completed. I continue to believe that the GPL is one of the most restrictive licenses ever conceived. I also believe that it will eventually be found unconstitutional in the United States, despite prevailing recently in US courts. Wikipedia will not allow me to post my unpublished, baseless (and at the moment unprovable) criticism of the GNU GPL. I fault Wikipedia for that shortcoming.