[fny]

I'm another Wikipedian and donor, and I'm pissed about this.

Creating an enterprise product with enterprise funding means Wikimedia is directing energy and resources to serve enterprise alone. These APIs were likely demanded by larger tech firms, and I imagine they discussed with Wikimedia the possibility of creating a commercial service. Now they got what they wanted, it won't be a public resource, and it's design won't be guided by the public either.

Now the lines are very blurry. A wiser strategy would have been to create a separate private entity.

[vincvinc]

> A wiser strategy would have been to create a separate private entity.

Unless I am mistaken, seems like they did do that?

"the foundation’s newly created subsidiary, Wikimedia LLC"

https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-finally-asking-big-tec...