IANAL, but you might want to take a look at how the vlc people handled this kind of problems - i remember a huge rewrite effort from their part, but no link on hand, sorry.
Strainu "Mr. Donald J. Fortier II" <technical...@yahoo.com> a scris: >A little additional information on topic 1 -- The pull request including the >changes that this contributor to the script made can be viewed at >https://github.com/WPAFC/afch/pull/54/files if it is of any interest. Thanks. > > > >________________________________ > From: "wikitech-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikitech-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> >To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:01 AM >Subject: Wikitech-l Digest, Vol 122, Issue 65 > > >Send Wikitech-l mailing list submissions to > wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikitech-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > wikitech-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Wikitech-l digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: afch licensing question (Steven Walling) > 2. Re: Killing 1.XXwmfYY branches -- another idea? (Antoine Musso) > 3. Re: MediaWiki-Vagrant: new features (Željko Filipin) > 4. Re: Fwd: afch licensing question (Denny Vrandečić) > 5. Job posting: frontend dev (JavaScript) at Wikimedia > Deutschland (Lydia Pintscher) > 6. Re: MediaWiki-Vagrant: new features (Ori Livneh) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:36:43 -0700 >From: Steven Walling <swall...@wikimedia.org> >To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: afch licensing question >Message-ID: > <CAMryOMXWs7QYrtKCfMUUEVTzKsK-mrV1EijNBT=zxlb0q6n...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Forwarding, with permission. > >For background the "AFC Helper" script is one that assists English >Wikipedians reviewing pages in the Articles for Creation queue, which >currently is severely backlogged. > >Any thoughts on the licensing issue, from folks with experience on the >question of gadget/userscript licensing? > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Mr. Donald J. Fortier II <technical...@yahoo.com> >Date: Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:30 PM >Subject: afch licensing question >To: "swall...@wikimedia.org" <swall...@wikimedia.org> > > >Per the discussion on https://github.com/WPAFC/afch/issues/61 one of the >previous contributors to the project refuses to agree to relicense AFCH >under the MIT license. Right now, the script is licensed under >CC-BY-SA/GFDL, as it was originally coded on-wiki (per >[[Wikipedia:Copyright]] -- all text-based contributions). This came about >due to some confusion that can be seen >https://github.com/WPAFC/afch/issues/60. So, we are unsure as to where to >go from here. If we replace any code contributed to the project by the >person that refuses to agree, can we dissolve any requirements to get him >to agree? Is there enough contribution from him to actually worry about it >as he hasn't actually written any functions, just converted some stuff from >old school JavaScript to jQuery? Any advice/assistance on this would be >appreciated. > > > >-- >Steven Walling, >Product Manager >https://wikimediafoundation.org/ > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:09:30 +0200 >From: Antoine Musso <hashar+...@free.fr> >To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Killing 1.XXwmfYY branches -- another idea? >Message-ID: <l20q3g$55i$1...@ger.gmane.org> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Le 26/09/13 00:46, Chad a écrit : >>> > >>> > What's actually the problem with expanding branches? >>> > >> To me at least, it makes it harder to see what's actually deployed at >> a given time. Try `git branch -r` on core. We're at 86 branches now...that's >> 172 if you've got two remotes. It's only going to get worse and it'll be >> progressively harder to spot what's important. > >We could simply delete the old branches after a few deployment cycles. >If we want to keep the reference for history purposes, would tagging the >tip of it be enough ? > >If you find yourself struggling to find out the last 2 wmf branches, you >can write a tiny script to sort and filter the branches, keeping only >the last two. > >-- >Antoine "hashar" Musso > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:52:38 +0200 >From: Željko Filipin <zfili...@wikimedia.org> >To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki-Vagrant: new features >Message-ID: > <CABfBeAr+=ebumstfhemjrhgve77rbngryhqeoypcoxzqdh5...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Hi Ori, > >Is there a reason for having Guest Additions Version 4.1.12 in the VM >instead of 4.2? > >$ vagrant up >(...) >[default] VM booted and ready for use! >[default] The guest additions on this VM do not match the installed version >of >VirtualBox! In most cases this is fine, but in rare cases it can >cause things such as shared folders to not work properly. If you see >shared folder errors, please update the guest additions within the >virtual machine and reload your VM. > >Guest Additions Version: 4.1.12 >VirtualBox Version: 4.2 >[default] Setting hostname... >(...) > >I will file a bug in Bugzilla if that is something you can fix. > >Željko > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:57:06 +0200 >From: Denny Vrandečić <denny.vrande...@wikimedia.de> >To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: afch licensing question >Message-ID: > <cannnrrto5dcnkpnqevcesob6puu-rofazjp+z981doj7bmi...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >CC-BY-SA/GFDL is in the same spirit as GPL, which is an obviously >acceptable license for WMF (since MediaWiki is written in it). > >Can you explain the need to relicense it under MIT? > > >2013/9/26 Steven Walling <swall...@wikimedia.org> > >> Forwarding, with permission. >> >> For background the "AFC Helper" script is one that assists English >> Wikipedians reviewing pages in the Articles for Creation queue, which >> currently is severely backlogged. >> >> Any thoughts on the licensing issue, from folks with experience on the >> question of gadget/userscript licensing? >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Mr. Donald J. Fortier II <technical...@yahoo.com> >> Date: Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:30 PM >> Subject: afch licensing question >> To: "swall...@wikimedia.org" <swall...@wikimedia.org> >> >> >> Per the discussion on https://github.com/WPAFC/afch/issues/61 one of the >> previous contributors to the project refuses to agree to relicense AFCH >> under the MIT license. Right now, the script is licensed under >> CC-BY-SA/GFDL, as it was originally coded on-wiki (per >> [[Wikipedia:Copyright]] -- all text-based contributions). This came about >> due to some confusion that can be seen >> https://github.com/WPAFC/afch/issues/60. So, we are unsure as to where to >> go from here. If we replace any code contributed to the project by the >> person that refuses to agree, can we dissolve any requirements to get him >> to agree? Is there enough contribution from him to actually worry about it >> as he hasn't actually written any functions, just converted some stuff from >> old school JavaScript to jQuery? Any advice/assistance on this would be >> appreciated. >> >> >> >> -- >> Steven Walling, >> Product Manager >> https://wikimediafoundation.org/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > >-- >Project director Wikidata >Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin >Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de > >Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. >Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter >der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für >Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:52:59 +0200 >From: Lydia Pintscher <lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de> >To: wikitech-l <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, > mediawik...@lists.wikimedia.org >Subject: [Wikitech-l] Job posting: frontend dev (JavaScript) at > Wikimedia Deutschland >Message-ID: > <CABfqUgJpiiM_W=snszhpr+xapqeq5w3j-3+a9idk+6w__0r...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >Heya folks :) > >Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for a software developer to work on >all kinds of frontend-related things on exciting projects like >Wikidata in a very cool team. If you're currently looking for a job >and have the necessary skills please apply. You can find details at >https://wikimedia.de/wiki/Software_Developer_(f/m)_focus_on_Frontend_Development_with_JavaScript >Please let me know if you have any questions. > > >Cheers >Lydia > >-- >Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher >Community Communications for Technical Projects > >Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. >Obentrautstr. 72 >10963 Berlin >www.wikimedia.de > >Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > >Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg >unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das >Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:26:55 -0700 >From: Ori Livneh <o...@wikimedia.org> >To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki-Vagrant: new features >Message-ID: > <cahxk4bzssgamhu9fixo4auv0ju+9przuhwmwz4vhesbgr9q...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Željko Filipin <zfili...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > >> Hi Ori, >> >> Is there a reason for having Guest Additions Version 4.1.12 in the VM >> instead of 4.2? >> > >It's what Canonical's Vagrant image provides, and it's because that's the >version that is packaged for Precise. (Remember, guest additions run on the >guest.) You can update to the latest version by running >'update-guest-additions' in the VM. > >I'll take the opportunity to remind folks who use Vagrant to send some >positive feedback to Canonical. The Vagrant image they provide is part of a >beta program they have not yet committed to supporting permanently. > >Per http://blog.utlemming.org/2013/01/vagrant-cloud-images.html >"For those who use Vagrant, your feedback is essential. 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