Source:wikimedia
The Wikimedia Foundation owns almost none of the content on Wikimedia sites — it is owned by the individual creators. However, almost all may be freely reused without individual permission according to the terms of the particular license under which it was contributed to the project, but some licenses may require that the original creator be attributed. You do not need to obtain a specific statement of permission from the licensor (unless you wish to use the work under different terms than the license stated).
While the copyright and licensing information supplied for each image is believed to be accurate, the Wikimedia Foundation does not provide any warranty regarding the copyright status or correctness of licensing terms. If you decide to reuse files from Commons, you should make your own determination of the copyright status of each image just as you would when obtaining images from other sources.
Other restrictions may apply. These may include trademarks, patents, personality rights, moral rights, privacy rights, or any of the many other legal causes which are independent of copyright and vary greatly by jurisdiction.
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Wikimedia Foundation
Estimated Value: $4 billion
Last Year’s Rank / Valuation: #2 / $5 billion
Business: The Wikimedia Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit. Its asset is a global user-generated encyclopedia that relies heavily on donations and on profit fundraising activities.
Location: San Francisco, California wikipedia
More Info:Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home
Description
The Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that operates several online wiki-collaborative projects. Its asset is a global user-generated encyclopedia (Wikipedia) that relies heavily on donations and on profit fundraising activities.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/wikimedia-foundation#ixzz1iK2LCjZ7
Sources of Information:Wikimedia_Foundation
2.Business Insider
Tiny URL Short Link :http://read.bi/aOR6nP
Executive Director: Sue Gardner
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Investors: Vinod Khosla, Open Society Institute, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Omidyar Network as well as countless individual donors
Analysis: Being a non-profit, the company doesn’t operate with the goal of generating revenue. In 2010, the Wikimedia Foundation was expected to generate revenue of $20.4 million, a 28% year-over-year increase. Wikipedia, as a property, is one of the top 10 sites online globally. If it were converted to a for-profit, therefore, and run with the intention of making money, it would make a lot.
The company’s costs are minimal since its content is contributed to by the public for free. As a result, its profit margins would be well above 50%. Last year we gave Wikipedia a valuation of $5 billion, but due to a slew of new, content-creating competitors that are stealing market share, we’ve lowered it to $4 billion.
***********************************************************************************************************
****************************************************************************************************
The Letter of Thanks: from Sue Gardner Executive Director
Thank you from Executive Director, Sue Gardner
Thank you.
We’ve taken down our fundraising banners, because we’ve hit our target. Thanks to you. Over the past few months, more than one million people have come together from all over the world to keep Wikipedia and its sister sites alive and flourishing for another year.
Your support is how we pay our bills. People like you, giving five dollars, twenty dollars, a hundred dollars. Thank you for helping us.
We’re the #5 most-popular site in the world — we operate on a tiny fraction of the resources of any other top site. We will use your money carefully and well, I promise you.
For everyone who helps pay for Wikipedia and all the Wikimedia projects, and for those who can’t afford to help — thank you so much for making the world a better place.
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
Where your donation goes
Technology: Servers, bandwidth, maintenance, development. Wikipedia is the #5 website in the world, and it runs on a fraction of what other top websites spend.
People: The other top 10 websites have thousands of employees. We have fewer than 100, making your donation a great investment in a highly-efficient not-for-profit organization.
By donating, you are sharing your information with the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, and its service providers in the U.S. and elsewhere pursuant to our donor privacy policy. We do not sell or trade your information to anyone.
For Knowledge , Horizon-less Sky is the limitless LIMIT...!