Typically the Foundation has been very reluctant serve any content that is not under their control. There are two primary reasons for this:
* Security/privacy - This is mainly an issue for remote Javascript, but also for images. Images can set cookies via their headers and thus be used for user tracking. * Stability - If a 3rd party service goes down, we have no control over getting it fixed in a timely manner. This is one of the reason we don't use ReCaptcha for our login captcha. Ryan Kaldari On 12/16/11 1:57 PM, Strainu wrote: > Hi, > > Has the foundation ever expressed an opinion on using external free > image repositories in WMF projects? The licensing policy only says > that the content should be free, but without the specific limitations > that are present on Commons. I was wondering if it would be acceptable > for a project to serve (without hosting) content that is PD in another > country (presumably the country with the project's language as an > official language) but not in the US. > > And if it would be, how could we ensure that the project would indeed > be for free images only? > > Thanks, > Strainu > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
