[rchard2scout]

According to Jimbo Wales, they complied in order to not "lose the possibility to appeal". Apparently, "the short term legal requirements in order to not wreck the long term chance of victory made this a necessary step." WMF lawyers are doing "everything [they] can to win this battle for the long run, as opposed to petulantly refusing to do something today."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#c...

[aspenmayer]

Thanks for that citation, that really helps.

Archived just in case!

https://archive.is/qjppc