I have looked, and have not found any explicit
statement that bandwidth "theft" is "discouraged". It
seems like common sense to me, but what do I know?
A few weeks ago, Brian blocked a site that was
mirroring wikipedia by passing on each request to
Wikipedia live, and presenting the results (wrapped,
of course, with advertisements). That site was also
blatantly violating GFDL, so the block seemed obvious.
There is also a site that has been doing the same
thing, though with the appearance of GFDL compliance.
( See
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Non-compliant_site_coordination/
)
So, my question is, do we need such a statement
forbidding/discouraging/allowing/encouraging
band-width stealing? Perhaps more important, is it
safe to assume that such sites should be blocked? Do
we need some process to make sure it happens when
appropriate?
Finally, is this the right place to bring this up?
-Rich Holton (en.wikipedia:user:rholton)
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