re: [3] and [4], in order to support the creation a ZIM of MDWiki, I need a list of all of its redirects, and I find the fastest means of obtaining this is to query the database directly. This is the only info taken directly from the database.
On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 8:42 PM Bryan Davis <bd...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 3:53 PM Tim Moody <t...@timmoody.com> wrote: > > > > The mysql host ISP does not wish to open a port to an entire gateway, so > I have two choices, install tailscale or request a floating IP. Is > tailscale permissible and possible on vps? > > If there is a client with an OSI approved Open Source license, then > yes it would be permissible. If not, then likely no per the TOU. [0] > It does appear that https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale is licensed > under a 3-clause BSD license, so that is helpful. [1] > > It does not at this point sound like your use case would be a > violation of the prohibition on network proxying [2] as the VPN would > be for traffic originating from your Cloud VPS instance and not a > generally open proxy for others or inbound traffic. > > I wonder if there is an XY problem [3] here as well. What is the > underlying use case that requires you to connect to an off-premise > database to operate a Wikimedia focused tool in Cloud VPS? Is this > somehow related to your new project to generate ZIM files of MDWiki? > [4] > > [0]: > https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_Terms_of_use#4.3_Open_Source_and_proprietary_software > [1]: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/blob/main/LICENSE > [2]: > https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_Terms_of_use#4.5_Using_WMCS_as_a_network_proxy > [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem > [4]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T358023 > > Bryan > -- > Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation > Principal Software Engineer Boise, ID USA > [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] irc: bd808 > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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