Wikiless source removed due to complaint from Wikimedia Legal Enforcement

Possible violations of the terms of use [1]?

> Engaging in automated uses of the site that are abusive or disruptive of the services and have not been approved by the Wikimedia community;

> Disrupting the services by placing an undue burden on a Project website or the networks or servers connected with a Project website;

I hadn't used wikiless much, but taking it down seems very against wikipedia's stated purpose.

How hard would it be to "fork" wikipedia? The content is already CC. I imagine the hardest part would be social momentum.

[1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#4._Ref...

> [ Wed, Oct 5 ] - Wikiless has been taken down from Codeberg

> I don't have any other information just yet. I don't know if this is temporary or permanent. Only information I can see in the repository right now: "[Please wait for instructions from Codeberg Moderation]".

> Update: Wikimedia Legal Enforcement team has contacted Codeberg - the repository has been made private (only contributors will be able to access the repo for now). According to Codeberg, they will keep me updated on what happens next.

Following up on this Ask:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33101301