revi,
The terms of use are clarified at:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikitech:Cloud_Services_Terms_of_use
WMCS is indeed not a general purpose MediaWiki-hosting platform (there are
already hosting businesses for that), but MediaWiki could be hosted for
projects that follow the terms of use- some of them may not be immediately
apparent. For example, if
translatewiki.org wanted to be hosted in WMF
Cloud, I think everybody would be happy, as it is the main tool used for
Wikimedia project translation, even if it is also used for 3rd party ones.
Several communities (e.g. Wikimedia user groups) are offered cloud or even
production wiki hosting if they are key to the advancement to the mission:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/
If you believe someone may be violating the terms of service, to the
detriment of the community, send a notification in private to the Cloud
Team and they can have a look.
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 9:58 AM revi <lists(a)revi.email> wrote:
Question: Is it permitted to use WMCS (be it Cloud VPS or Toolforge)
resources for non-Wikimedia, Mediawiki-run website purposes? (Let's assume
sites like FANDOM(Wikia), Miraheze, or
https://librewiki.net )
Background: I was discussing some non-wikimedia (but mediawiki-run site)
stuff at some chatroom. Someone there thought they could use Wikimedia
Cloud resources for non-WMF websites (I don't know if it relates to MW
development) purposes. I am not sure if this is allowed (my interpretation
is that it is not allowed), so I want some clarification on that.
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