Max Semenik <maxsem.wiki <at> gmail.com> writes: > > On 19.04.2011, 10:24 K. wrote: > > > I haven't quite looked back to the discussions, but couldn't you have > > the extension load a local icon/image for the button and then manually > > construct the url to be clicked in the same style that the wikinews > > does their template? > > Then it would violate the free content doctrine, unles you manage to > convince FB to release their button images under a free license :P
Actually it would be a plain copyright violation (and quite possibly some sort of trademark violation too); Facebook terms of use do not allow modifying the looks or behavior of the Like button in any way. Also worth noting that chapters participating in the fundraiser and receiving traffic from the fundraiser banners must have a privacy policy compatible with that of the WMF, which probably means no Like buttons (for the duration of the fundraiser, at least). Other than that, though, I don't think arbitrary cultural standards should be imposed on self-hosted chapter homepages. It is their job to decide whether their readers would be happy about some data about their browsing being shared with Facebook, and they can probably do a better job about it than a random group of wikitech-l posters most of whom don't even speak the language. I also do not see why being hosted by WMF would make any difference. Users might have a reasonable expectation to be protected by the WMF privacy policy while they are on a *.wikimedia.org domain, but if the site is hosted under some other domain name, there is no reason to enforce WMF policy. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
