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• Note that the software change that allowed non-CC0 licenses for data has been reverted "due to some serious bugs and a lack of integration checks", but should (hopefully) soon be fixed and redeployed – per phab:T200968#4547021 - Evad37 [talk] 16:11, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Server switch

As I remember correctly, this second server will also be in the United States. I know it is an expensive hobby but would it be sensible to build the third one outside the USA. Let me say <conflict of interest alert>west County Clare, Republic of Ireland</conflict of interest alert>? Or another region with a low risk of invasion, terrorist attacks or earthquakes. The Banner talk 17:48, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

There might be some legal implications with regard to having a server in a different country – for example, hosting copyrighted images based on the fair use provision within U.S. copyright law could be problematic. - Evad37 [talk] 02:38, 13 September 2018 (UTC)