On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
The mobile apps (Android and iOS) do indeed collect
anonymous usage
statistics [0].
That FAQ says `The app automatically collects certain sanitized user
statistics, but this can be disabled by going to the main app menu (top
left), selecting the "More" option, and unchecking the "Send usage
reports"
checkbox.'
Presumably the Wikipedia Android app license [5] lets F-droid compile a
version of the Android app with the tracking code disabled or removed.
IANAL so can't tell from the license whether the resulting work has to be
renamed à la Debian Iceweasel
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the_Debian_project>
[6].
Can someone with an F-droid wiki account or who has a contact in that org
update the Wikipedia app page [7]? The Wikipedia Android app license [5] is
not GPLv2 but Apache 2.0, and the Site and Issues links are redirects.
[5]
https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/blob/master/COPYING
[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_by_the…
[7]
https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/org.wikipedia
For more information on what the usage reports contain, as well as other
topics such as app permissions, please refer to our
FAQ [1].
[0]:
https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/blob/b316b11ba9f70d3adc…
[1]:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/FAQ#Offline_reading_and_data
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Bryan Davis <bd808(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Ricordisamoa
<ricordisamoa(a)openmailbox.org> wrote:
Maybe for the ACRA [0] integration that emails crash reports to OTRS
[1]? I think it asks if you want to send the report though.
[0]:
http://www.acra.ch/
[1]:
Bryan
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