cc-ing Luis as I think this consequence, whether intended or not, would interest him
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > So from what I understand, there's now been an amendment to WMF's > terms of use to require disclosure of paid "contributions" [1]. Its a > little unclear how this applies to MediaWiki as a project, but a > literal reading of the policy makes it seem like MediaWiki is > included. > > * MediaWiki is arguably a project of the Wikimedia foundation. The > foundation's website says as much [2] > *A commit/patchset certainly seems like a contribution. > > Thus the new policy would require anyone submitting code to use to > declare who they work for. Personally this seems both unnecessary to > me, as well as unlikely to be followed. For example, I see no reason > why some person who uses our software should have to declare who they > work for when they upstream a bug fix, etc. > > I would suggest we follow commons' lead [3], and declare that we do > not have disclosure requirements for people giving us code. > > --bawolff > > [1] > https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Terms_of_Use&diff=0&oldid=90463 > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects > [3] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/Alternative_paid_contribution_disclosure_policy > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
