Forum:Can I use $wgForeignFileRepos to use images at Wikia wikis on another wiki?

I am wondering if it would be ok to use $wgForeignFileRepos at sturmkrieg.com to use images on wikis at Wikia, specifically from the 40k related wikis. There is an article about it here:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos#Usage

It's a function that allows a wiki to use the API of another wiki to access its images.

Would it be ok for us to use the images from wikis at Wikia this way?

This was completely ignored in Special:Contact.


 * Hi there. Note that all queries via Special:Contact are responded to by staff within 3-5 working days. Please check your inbox and spam folders.


 * We have received your request from late yesterday and are currently checking some things over with our engineering team before we respond. Since it's a viable question of public interest, I will also post our response here. --DaNASCAT (help forum | blog) 16:00, November 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Normally they were answered quickly and this has been over a day, so it seemed surprising. Thanks for working on it. Inquisitor Sasha Ehrenstein des Ordo Scharzenkommando 16:14, November 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Here was our reply for any interested parties: 'After reviewing the possibilities with our engineering and licensing teams, we unfortunately have to decline implementing this solution. While we are always looking for ways to more proactively allows wikis to interact with outside websites, the fact remains that other websites have different licensing and technical concerns that may affect either the legality of some images being displayed here or the expediency of our page loads and API resources. While we do allow pulling images from Wikimedia Commons, this is because that particular website is controlled by the Wikimedia Foundation, a Foundation we have a close relationship with technically and a clearly-defined, static license.' --DaNASCAT (help forum | blog) 18:26, November 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * I believe you may have completely misinterpreted my question. I'm not asking you to use pictures from our wiki; I'm asking to use pictures from your wiki.  Basically, the question here is whether or not we can hotlink pictures from the wikis here.  Looking into the licensing details of where they can be displayed would be our responsibility.  Inquisitor Sasha Ehrenstein des Ordo Scharzenkommando 04:31, December 7, 2012 (UTC)