On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 13:00, Hay (Husky) <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/9/16 Delphine Ménard <[email protected]>: >> Yes, I was thinking that. I suppose hotlinking is done through the >> "raw" url, which means access to the licence page is simply not >> happening. Not a problem if people actually credit the authors/respect >> the licence by adding the necessary info on their website. Not too >> cool if they don't. > Indeed. Hotlink just means that you put the URL of an external source > into the "src" attribute of an <img> tag, e.g. > > <img > src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Titan-crystal_bar.JPG/300px-Titan-crystal_bar.JPG"; > /> > > Because it's not the server of the website that loads this url, but > the users browser it is a bit difficult to see if an image is actually > hotlinked, although it can be prevented.
I don't think Wikimedia should prevent it though, for all the reasons mentionned earlier in this thread, just that we want to make sure people use the right licensing terms. I haven't read all the links, so maybe all is explained on meta or Commons :) Delphine (lazy) -- ~notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
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