Do you know if a competitor could legally start by copying Wikipedia’s articles? That would make competing projects much more viable.
There’s already one which did exactly that a year ago—Justapedia. Founder is Betty Wills who is surprisingly an established contributor in Wikipedia itself. As far as I understand they’re experimenting ways that will prevent them from Wikipedia’s mistakes again, such as reformative/preventative enforcement approach and a binding commitment favoring the idea of inclusionism.
There’s already one which did exactly that a year ago—Justapedia. Founder is Betty Wills who is surprisingly an established contributor in Wikipedia itself. As far as I understand they’re experimenting ways that will prevent them from Wikipedia’s mistakes again, such as reformative/preventative enforcement approach and a binding commitment favoring the idea of inclusionism.