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continue to redirect to non-CC licenses #1185

Closed jonassmedegaard closed 3 years ago

jonassmedegaard commented 3 years ago

This is neither a bug nor a feature request, but a request to maintain status quo:

A comment in the configuration of the main website questions the relevancy of keeping the redirects to external licenses: https://github.com/creativecommons/creativecommons.org/blob/89e4045870326769cd209adf82456728d371ff7c/config/default-ssl.conf#L176

Please do: Those URIs are in widespread use, e.g. embedded into SVG files produced by Inkscape, as seen here: https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=rdf%3Aresource%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2F%5B%5Eb%5D&literal=0

jonassmedegaard commented 3 years ago

To make this issue actionable, I propose to simply replace the comment with a note emphasizing the importance ot keeping those redirects due to their active use in the wild.

TimidRobot commented 3 years ago

Also, our server logs indicate the URLs are being accessed (averaging about 175 uncached hits per day)

The file referenced in the initial comment (config/default-ssl.conf) is deprecated. See linked PR for resolution in the active/current file.