Thread:Comments:Wikimedia Foundation announces departure of general counsel Mike Godwin/"The Wikimedia Foundation believes Mike has always acted in what he believes to be the Wikimedia Foundation’s best interests."/reply

Corporate nonspeak. Also, inaccurate. However, I will defend wholeheartedly his shooting down of ridiculous attemted actions from the likes of the FBI and Stopp & Stopp. In the latter incident - where it was actually suggested that German law was applicable in the US - I have heard an experienced European lawyer comment that Godwin should perhaps have pointed out that, despite an attempt in 1941-5, Germany has been unable to achieve this result. I rather suspect that a number of lawyers would be justifiably pissed enough to have said such, so Godwin actually trod pretty gently.

One questions why anyone even bothered to send the letter. That one was worthy of Carter Fuck.