<s>
QRpedia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
Web-based	O
system	O
which	O
uses	O
QR	O
codes	O
to	O
deliver	O
Wikipedia	O
articles	O
to	O
users	O
,	O
in	O
their	O
preferred	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QR	O
codes	O
can	O
easily	O
be	O
generated	O
to	O
link	O
directly	O
to	O
any	O
Uniform	B-Protocol
Resource	I-Protocol
Identifier	I-Protocol
(	O
URI	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
QRpedia	B-Application
system	O
adds	O
further	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QRpedia	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Roger	O
Bamkin	O
,	O
a	O
Wikipedia	O
volunteer	O
,	O
coded	O
by	O
Terence	B-Application
Eden	I-Application
,	O
and	O
unveiled	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
freely	O
reusable	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
scans	O
a	O
QRpedia	B-Application
QR	O
code	O
on	O
their	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
,	O
the	O
device	O
decodes	O
the	O
QR	O
code	O
into	O
a	O
Uniform	O
Resource	O
Locator	O
(	O
URL	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
"	O
languagecode.qrwp.org	O
 "	O
and	O
whose	O
path	O
(	O
final	O
part	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
a	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
,	O
and	O
sends	O
a	O
request	O
for	O
the	O
article	O
specified	O
in	O
the	O
URL	O
to	O
the	O
QRpedia	B-Application
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QRpedia	B-Application
server	O
then	O
uses	O
Wikipedia	O
's	O
API	B-Application
to	O
determine	O
whether	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
specified	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
in	O
the	O
language	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
so	O
,	O
returns	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
mobile-friendly	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
article	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
preferred	O
language	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
QRpedia	B-Application
server	O
offers	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
languages	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
translation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
QRpedia	B-Application
also	O
records	O
usage	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QRpedia	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Roger	O
Bamkin	O
,	O
a	O
Wikipedia	O
volunteer	O
,	O
and	O
Terence	B-Application
Eden	I-Application
,	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
web	I-Application
consultant	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
unveiled	O
on	O
9	O
April	O
2011	O
at	O
Derby	O
Museum	O
and	O
Art	O
Gallery	O
's	O
Backstage	O
Pass	O
event	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
GLAM/Derby	O
"	O
collaboration	O
between	O
the	O
museum	O
and	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
over	O
1,200	O
Wikipedia	O
articles	O
,	O
in	O
several	O
languages	O
,	O
were	O
also	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
freely	O
reusable	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
QRpedia	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
any	O
location	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
phone	O
or	O
tablet	O
has	O
a	O
data	O
signal	O
(	O
or	O
remembers	O
URLs	O
until	O
a	O
signal	O
is	O
available	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
or	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
use	O
at	O
venues	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
QRpedia	B-Application
also	O
has	O
uses	O
outside	O
of	O
such	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
QRpedia	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
projects	O
(	O
from	O
79	O
entrants	O
)	O
declared	O
the	O
most	O
innovative	O
mobile	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
of	O
2011	O
by	O
the	O
Smart	O
UK	O
Project	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
chosen	O
to	O
compete	O
at	O
Mobile	O
World	O
Congress	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
,	O
on	O
29	O
February	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
conflict	O
of	O
interest	O
case	O
involving	O
QRpedia	B-Application
was	O
identified	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
main	O
incidents	O
"	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
2012	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
governance	O
of	O
Wikimedia	O
UK	O
(	O
WMUK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
taken	O
to	O
resolve	O
ownership	O
caused	O
the	O
risk	O
of	O
outsiders	O
perceiving	O
a	O
potential	O
conflict	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Bamkin	O
's	O
acceptance	O
of	O
consultancy	O
fees	O
on	O
projects	O
(	O
jointly	O
funded	O
by	O
WMUK	O
)	O
involving	O
QRpedia	B-Application
provided	O
an	O
opportunity	O
for	O
damage	O
to	O
the	O
reputation	O
of	O
WMUK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
WMUK	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
in	O
QRpedia	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
qrpedia.org	O
and	O
qrwp.org	B-Application
domains	O
,	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
chapter	O
at	O
no	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
two	O
QRpedia	B-Application
related	O
domain	O
names	O
were	O
registered	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
WMUK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
WMUK	O
announced	O
that	O
Roger	O
Bamkin	O
and	O
Terence	B-Application
Eden	I-Application
were	O
transferring	O
ownership	O
of	O
QRpedia	B-Application
to	O
Wikimedia	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
WMUK	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
agreement	O
for	O
the	O
transfer	O
had	O
been	O
signed	O
and	O
the	O
IP	O
rights	O
in	O
QRpedia	B-Application
were	O
held	O
by	O
Cultural	O
Outreach	O
Limited	O
,	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
WMUK	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
following	O
the	O
agreement	O
,	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
names	O
was	O
an	O
administrative	O
process	O
that	O
could	O
begin	O
immediately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
one	O
Wikimedia	O
chapter	O
received	O
letters	O
alleging	O
that	O
QRpedia	B-Application
infringes	O
various	O
patents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
WMUK	O
believes	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
the	O
case	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
risk	O
of	O
litigation	O
is	O
not	O
high	O
,	O
Cultural	O
Outreach	O
Limited	O
was	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
hold	O
QRpedia	B-Application
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
shield	O
WMUK	O
should	O
such	O
a	O
challenge	O
arise	O
.	O
</s>
