----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyler Romeo" <[email protected]>
> > Yes, it will cause an issue. If that extra data is going in every > > reply, > > multiply its size by our replies per day count, won't you? I don't > > know > > what that number is, but I'm quite certain it's substantial. > > > > *Every single byte* that goes in a place where it will be included > > in every > > reply directly affects our 95%ile data transfer, I should think, and > > thus > > our budget. Bytes are not always free. > > True, but if it's legally required it's not like we have an option. Certainly. But I see no reason to think it's legally required. And while I, too, only play one on the Internet, I've been doing it since 1983. And I haven't been surprised all that often. Mr Villa will come up with a more researched decision, certainly, but I am relatively certain that a defensible case can be made that minifying is equivalent to compiling, for the purposes of the license. And in the unlikely event that's not good enough, the Foundation may well be able to get a codicil license on the relevant libraries, acknowledging that it needn't include the license text in on-the-wire minified copies. My personal opinion, though, is that the proper approach is that the license be officially interpreted by its issuer to exempt this sort of minification-caused potential violation, as otherwise, minification will negatively affect everyone who uses it, many of whom haven't WMF's budget. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
