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2009-09-03

pieterh 03 Sep 2009 09:37

MailForm module allows 'to' property, which is list of Wikidot user ids to send to.
MailForm module allows 'button' property to customize text of button.
ListPages appendLine property now accepts insertion variables, like prependLine.
New module, Clone creates copy of current site.
Clone module allows 'source' property, which specifies Wikidot site to clone.
'External theme' in ManageSite accepts relative URL (i.e. from current site).
'IP address' in ManageSite fixed to show current Wikidot IP address.
'Custom theme' list in ManageSite fixed so Base is back at the top.
- The order of Base was being corrupted by a test module (which is now deleted).
Bottom toolbar was misaligned when 'Close' button was visible; fixed.

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leiger 03 Sep 2009 11:37

New module, Clone creates copy of current site.

Clone module allows 'source' property, which specifies Wikidot site to clone.

This is a security concern, for those that don't want their site to be cloned [i.e. me, I don't want my non-template sites to be cloned ;-) ]. They can't even restrict who is allowed to do it, as it was previously, by only giving admin rights to those they trusted.

Would you consider changing this so that the site in question needs to enable this via Site Manger, before the site can be cloned using the module?

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pieterh 03 Sep 2009 12:23

This question is a good one. My view is this is fairly brutal: public sites are clonable by hand, this automates the process. If they are CC licensed, that explicitly gives others the right to use. In theory, all sites based on our CC-licensed work must be shareable since they are derived works.

So, currently the only way to prevent a site being copied is to make it private. Cloning a site of course may result in copyright infringement but that is between the copyright owner and the new user, and applies to hand-copying just the same.

However, that's my view and it comes from fifteen-odd years of doing open source and treating reuse of my work as vital to its longevity.

Maybe the option to prevent cloning should be a paid one, since it does directly restrict the community value of the site.

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leiger 03 Sep 2009 12:32

Well, I was on a paid Pro Lite account before being gifted this Plus account, and I'd willingly continue to pay for a Lite account (when this expires) just for that feature ;)

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