[Foundation-l] PediaPress

[Magnus Manske]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:16 PM,  <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 11/13/2010 9:53:41 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> magnusmanske at googlemail.com writes:
>
>
>> I'm all for that. But, did anyone actually ask the Foundation to have
>> his button included there (besides spammers et al.)? It's not like an
>> email is hard to write...
>>
>
> Why should *this* be a Foundation issue in your mind, when adding a source
> to Special Books is not.  To me it's an identical situation.  How is it
> different to you

It's not, in principle, and you just quoted me with "I'm all for that"
(replying to your "citizen modification"), so you know it's not
different to me. I just don't see a reason for drama that it's not
available right now.

I can see three reasons why it is different /in practice/ right now:
1. Given the limited of number services (one, plus Robert's which I
missed in the thread, if it still exists), it probably seemed
pointless
2. Any service would have to develop the appropriate interface to
MediaWiki first, and also integrate with Wikimedia servers, as far as
I can tell; therefore, users adding buttons would be non-functional
without Foundation's active help anyway
3. PediaPress might have "bought" a head start with the extension.
This is pure speculation on my part, though.

Looking at the implementation of the button, it actually has a
"partner" field. So, more "partners" are in the technical design. This
would lead me to conclude that the thing missing to have more partners
for book printing is ... partners.

Unless it's a Foundation-PediaPress conspiracy, and the technical
implementation is just a clever guise. Cue the Morley's smoker...

Magnus