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Other than having more than $350M of founds, the Wikimedia Foundation has started selling Wikipedia data to private companies (like Google) via Wikimedia Enterp

Other than having more than $350M of founds, the Wikimedia Foundation has started selling Wikipedia data to private companies (like Google) via Wikimedia Enterprise [1]. The open knowledge created by the community worldwide is now sold for profit of a few. [1]: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/ https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/

xyzzy123 4y ago
From the FAQ: "All revenue from Wikimedia Enterprise goes towards the charitable mission of the Wikimedia Foundation."
- yucky 4y ago
  Dig deeper and you will see the finances for the Wikimedia Foundation is run by a different, very partisan foundation called the Tides Foundation.