On Jun 17, 2014 3:25 AM, "Brian Wolff" <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > So from what I understand, there's now been an amendment to WMF's > terms of use to require disclosure of paid "contributions" [1]. Its a > little unclear how this applies to MediaWiki as a project, but a > literal reading of the policy makes it seem like MediaWiki is > included. > > * MediaWiki is arguably a project of the Wikimedia foundation. The > foundation's website says as much [2] > *A commit/patchset certainly seems like a contribution. > > Thus the new policy would require anyone submitting code to use to > declare who they work for. Personally this seems both unnecessary to > me, as well as unlikely to be followed. For example, I see no reason > why some person who uses our software should have to declare who they > work for when they upstream a bug fix, etc. > > I would suggest we follow commons' lead [3], and declare that we do > not have disclosure requirements for people giving us code. > > --bawolff > > [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Terms_of_Use&diff=0&oldid=90463 > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects > [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/Alternative_paid_contribution_disclosure_policy
I raised this issue prior to the amendment without getting a response. https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Terms_of_use&oldid=7949115#What_services_are_covered_by_the_terms_of_use -- John _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
