Hello again!
In response to comments on this thread and elsewhere, we have slightly revised the terms of use; the new version is published at
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_Terms_of_use
and the previous version has been moved to
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_Terms_of_use_(Au...)
There are two changes:
1: A specific definition of 'user agent' has been added to the definitions section 2: A limitation has been added to the 'do not break the law' clause, clarifying that WMF legal will evaluate in cases where the law is in conflict with our human rights principles.
Thank you for your comments!
-Andrew
On 5/26/23 8:46 AM, Andrew Bogott wrote:
After nearly a decade of mishap and delay, we have updated the WMCS terms of use. The updated document for toolforge and cloud-vps admins can be found here:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_Terms_of_use
and the terms of use for visitors to WMCS sites can be found here:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_End_User_Terms_o...
There is one significant change in these terms: Cloud-vps projects which collect personal data will need to include an explicit privacy policy for their projects. This is section 7.3. For other WMCS users and admins these documents do not represent any significant change in policy, but do clarify and finalize many things that were poorly-worded in the previous TOU, or policies that we have enforced informally without officially stating.
Please feel free to reach out to WMCS staff if you find any part of these documents concerning or disruptive to your work on our platforms.
-Andrew