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| full name = Luis Villa
| full name = Luis Villa
| image name = Villa, Luis 4.11.2013.jpg
| image name = Villa,_Luis_4.11.2013.jpg
| hover text = My mother calls this smile the "Villa family smirk".
| hover text = Me, a white shirt, and a green post.
| job title = Deputy General Counsel
| job title = Deputy General Counsel
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| short quote = "The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb." -[[q:Marshall McLuhan#Counterblast_.281969.29|McLuhan]].
| short quote = "The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb." -[[q:Marshall McLuhan#Counterblast_.281969.29|McLuhan]].
| about me = I'm a lawyer and ex-programmer. I've spent my entire adult life doing [[:w:peer production|peer production]] of various sorts, including hacking Lego robots, debugging Linux desktops, and revising the Mozilla Public License. Now I help out at Wikimedia. You can find more about me at [[:w:Luis Villa]] and [http://lu.is/ http://lu.is/].
| about me = I'm a lawyer and ex-programmer. You can find more about me at [http://lu.is/ lu.is]. The [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2013-February/000595.html email that introduced me to the community] also has a good bio focused on Wikimedia-relevant information.

| about my work = I help protect, and create original legal solutions for, Wikimedia's users and staff, so that they can continue building this incredible thing we share.
Personal/for-fun edits are mostly at [[:w:User:LuisVilla]].
{{legal staff boilerplate}}
| about my work = I help protect and enable Wikimedia's users and staff. Particular areas of interest include licensing, software development, privacy, and contracts.


| contact me =
| contact me =
* Email: lvilla{{@}}wikimedia.org
* Email: lvilla{{@}}wikimedia.org
* On Meta-Wiki as [[m:User:LVilla (WMF)|LVilla (WMF)]]
* On-wiki as [[m:User:LuisV (WMF)|LuisV (WMF)]]
* On the English Wikipedia as [[w:en:User:LVilla (WMF)|LVilla (WMF)]]
| disclaimer = {{legal staff disclaimer}}
| disclaimer = {{legal staff disclaimer}}
}}
}}

Revision as of 06:32, 15 February 2014

Luis Villa
Me, a white shirt, and a green post.
Luis Villa
Deputy General Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation
"The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb." -McLuhan.

About me

I'm a lawyer and ex-programmer. I've spent my entire adult life doing peer production of various sorts, including hacking Lego robots, debugging Linux desktops, and revising the Mozilla Public License. Now I help out at Wikimedia. You can find more about me at w:Luis Villa and http://lu.is/.

Personal/for-fun edits are mostly at w:User:LuisVilla.

My work

I help protect and enable Wikimedia's users and staff. Particular areas of interest include licensing, software development, privacy, and contracts.

Disclaimer: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation. The legal team can only represent the Wikimedia Foundation on legal matters, so we are unable to give legal advice to others, including community members, editors, or contributors. Communications with members of the legal team are not consultations and do not create any confidential relationship.

Contact me