[Labs-l] OSM projects and other not-quite-Wiki projects on Labs

[Silke Meyer]

I'll investigate what other concrete projects there are on TS.
Thanks, Luis,

CU Silke


2013/8/24 Luis Villa <lvilla at wikimedia.org>

> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Marc A. Pelletier <marc at uberbox.org>wrote:
>
>> On 08/20/2013 12:59 PM, Erik Moeller wrote:
>> >> I certainly consider OSM-related projects to be sufficiently aligned
>> >> with Foundation interests that I consider them to fall within the Labs'
>> >> scope.
>> >
>> > +1 ; if ToU needs a bit more flex in that regard, let's fix it.
>>
>> We can already wedge them in (the terms have enough slack in them) on a
>> case-by-case basis with the terms as-is.  I don't know if it's a good
>> idea to name OSM specifically, though; perhaps something along the lines
>> of "or other open source/open data projects approved by the foundation"?
>>
>
> My understanding when drafting the terms was that all projects, including
> bots, have to be "related to a Wikimedia Project or to MediaWiki software
> development or testing." So that's what I wrote :)
>
> But I'll happily tweak the language. Are there other examples of
> not-really-Wikimedia-or-Mediawiki projects that I should be aware of while
> revising the section, to make sure they are covered?
>
>
>> (CCing Luis specifically to put him in the loop)
>>
>
> FWIW, I'm on labs-l, so this got filtered; I usually read daily but have
> been traveling.
>
> Luis
>
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