[Foundation-l] Technical aspects of forking (was: 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter)

[Kim Bruning]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 05:04:33PM +0100, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> Sanity in IT terms and practicality in regulatory terms don't always go hand
> in hand. Transporting an image dump on a hard drive might well be the most
> practical way to move that much data - though it should be encrypted at
> least whilst in transit. 

Encrypted?

> But forking doesn't sound to me a good reason to
> disclose deleted edits. Or for that matter account passwords. So that drive
> would need to be an extract of the material covered in the license.

Right, if we do this, we don't need to encrypt.

And now you know why we always kept warning people why
"delete" actually really *does* mean delete. At some point in time,
the deleted data will actually be lost.


If all is well, all data needed to replicate en.wikipedia should
be online and downloadable. It's definitely a good idea to test
that at some point!

sincerly,
	Kim Bruning
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