Re: [Wikitech-l] GPL upgrading to version 3

2015-02-10 Thread Tyler Romeo
I’m still not entirely convinced that the GPLv2 allows more licenses than the v3. Yeah, maybe in the case of extensions it’s OK, but I do not think it is possible to add Apache code into MediaWiki core and still allow licensing MediaWiki under both the v2 and the v3. Maybe if legal can provide

[Wikitech-l] Reminder: Weekly VisualEditor triage meeting tomorrow at 20:00 UTC (12:00 PST)

2015-02-10 Thread James Forrester
[Apologies for cross-post] As a reminder, on Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC)[0] there will be the first of a weekly series of open triage meetings about VisualEditor. We will discuss the release criteria for VisualEditor, and jointly prioritise the work of the team,

Re: [Wikitech-l] GPL upgrading to version 3

2015-02-10 Thread Stas Malyshev
Hi! And is also infeasible. For a web service. GPL is effectively weak copyleft already; I think that's quite weak enough. (As I noted, there is no actual evidence that permissive licenses secure more This is very plausible, as the decision to contribute is rarely driven by the license as a

[Wikitech-l] Fwd: [Wmfall] Wikimania Scholarship Application Deadline is Approaching!

2015-02-10 Thread Quim Gil
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Re: [Wikitech-l] GPL upgrading to version 3

2015-02-10 Thread Bryan Tong Minh
On Mon Feb 09 2015 at 21:25:16 Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] It's your choice to not participate in any project for any reason, but try to understand that some people (such as myself) much prefer to work on software that's truly free, rather than virally free. I hope you

Re: [Wikitech-l] GPL upgrading to version 3

2015-02-10 Thread David Gerard
On 10 February 2015 at 23:19, Bryan Tong Minh bryan.tongm...@gmail.com wrote: In fact I would prefer to go to a less restrictive license, but that is probably not worth the fight. And is also infeasible. For a web service. GPL is effectively weak copyleft already; I think that's quite weak

[Wikitech-l] .js errors in Metrolook skins

2015-02-10 Thread Thomas Mulhall
Hi I am getting js script errors in Metrolook skin. The error is in $(document).click(function(e) {  if (!$(e.target).closest('#'+openDiv).length) {   toggleDiv(openDiv);  } }); and error says Object expected. Source code is at https://git.wikimedia.org/summary/mediawiki%2Fskins%2FMetrolook and