If that's the limit of your bespoke work for for-profits, I see no problem.
I'm curious about Andreas's other point. Does the WMF have any formal or informal agreements with for-profits that aren't yet on the public record? I realise this is probably a question for the board or chiefs. On Monday, 29 February 2016, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On 28 February 2016 at 13:07, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > What originally triggered my curiosity was this: I noticed a couple of > > weeks ago that the Kindle offered a Wikipedia look-up function. I > couldn't > > recall -- and cannot find -- any corresponding WMF announcement. So, how > > did this happen? > > > > Amazon is using our APIs and/or dumps. There's little to add to Brion's > explanation of how this works, so I'd suggest you re-read it. > > > > "In side project work, the team spent time on API continuation queries, > > Android IP editing notices, Amazon Kindle and other non-Google Play > > distribution, and Google Play reviews (now that the Android launch dust > has > > settled, mobile apps product management will be triaging the reviews)." > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/July > > > To the best of my knowledge, that refers to exactly what Brion suggested it > might, specifically working on the Android app so that it's compatible with > more platforms. It has nothing to do with the Wikipedia lookup > functionality on the Kindle. > > Dan > > -- > Dan Garry > Lead Product Manager, Discovery > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> -- Anthony Cole _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
