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Mike Godwin hired by Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nazis-in-dept-line-mean-story-is-cancelled dept.

Raul654 writes "Mike Godwin, first legal counsel for the EFF who is best known for coining Godwin's law, has been hired as the legal counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation."

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  1. Qualifications by paleo2002 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wait, so this guy comes up with a humorous modern-day interpretation of the old "Murphy's Law" addage and this qualifies him to provide legal council for Wikipedia? Yeah, sure, he's probably a lawyer and all but this is what led them to hire him over other applicants.

    I came up with one of these when I started teaching intro. geology. "Everything in science comes in twos, threes, and fives." Can I work for NASA now?