- GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- Version 2, June 1991
+== GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ==
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
- Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
- of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+Version 2, June 1991
- Preamble
+Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
+of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
- The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
+=== Preamble ===
+
+The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
your programs, too.
- When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
+When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
- To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
+To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
- For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
+For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
rights.
- We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
+We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
(2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
distribute and/or modify the software.
- Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
+Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we
want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so
that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original
authors' reputations.
- Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
+Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
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+The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
modification follow.
-\f
- GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
- 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
+== TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION ==
+
+'''0.''' This License applies to any program or other work which contains
a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below,
refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
- 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
+'''1.''' You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
- 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
+'''2.''' You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
- a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
- stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
-
- b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
- whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
- part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
- parties under the terms of this License.
-
- c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
- when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
- interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
- announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
- notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
- a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
- these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
- License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
- does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
- the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
-\f
+ '''a)''' You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
+ stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
+
+ '''b)''' You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
+ whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
+ part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
+ parties under the terms of this License.
+
+ '''c)''' If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
+ when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
+ interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
+ announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
+ notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
+ a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
+ these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
+ License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
+ does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
+ the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
+
These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
the scope of this License.
- 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
+'''3.''' You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
- a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
- source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
- 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
+ '''a)''' Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
+ source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections
+ 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
- b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
- years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
- cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
- machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
- distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
- customarily used for software interchange; or,
+ '''b)''' Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
+ years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
+ cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
+ machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
+ distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
+ customarily used for software interchange; or,
- c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
- to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
- allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
- received the program in object code or executable form with such
- an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
+ '''c)''' Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
+ to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
+ allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
+ received the program in object code or executable form with such
+ an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source
access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
-\f
- 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
+
+'''4.''' You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt
otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is
void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License.
this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such
parties remain in full compliance.
- 5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
+'''5.''' You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are
prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by
all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
the Program or works based on it.
- 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
+'''6.''' Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further
You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
this License.
- 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
+'''7.''' If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
be a consequence of the rest of this License.
-\f
- 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
+
+'''8.''' If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates
the limitation as if written in the body of this License.
- 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
+'''9.''' The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
address new problems or concerns.
this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
Foundation.
- 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
+'''10.''' If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free
Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
- NO WARRANTY
+=== NO WARRANTY ===
- 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
+'''11.''' BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
- 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
+'''12.''' IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
- END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-\f
- How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
+ '''END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS'''
+
+== How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs ==
- If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
+If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
- To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
+To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
- <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
- Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
+ <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
+ Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
when it starts in an interactive mode:
- Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
- Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
- This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
- under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
+ Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
+ Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
+ This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
+ under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
- Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
- `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
+ Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
+ `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
+
+ <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
- <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
- Ty Coon, President of Vice
+ Ty Coon, President of Vice
This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
* Several others (view CREDITS for a more complete list)
The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the
-terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1] (see
+terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (see
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same or a
compatible license. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software.
-[1] Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are also
+Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are also
released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of users
under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof.
-[2] MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod,
- http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/
- which has the following license:
+MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod,
+http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/ which has the following license:
- 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
- License. To view a copy of this license, visit
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ or send a letter
- to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way,
- Stanford, California 94305, USA.'
+ 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
+ License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ or send a letter
+ to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way,
+ Stanford, California 94305, USA.'
-[3] MediaWiki use Creative Commons license marks to points to their online
+MediaWiki use Creative Commons license marks to points to their online
licenses. This content is trademarked and used under a specific license
available at http://creativecommons.org/policies#trademark
The restricted content is:
- skins/common/images/cc-by-nc-sa.png
- skins/common/images/cc-by-sa.png
+* skins/common/images/cc-by-nc-sa.png
+* skins/common/images/cc-by-sa.png
Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
The official website for MediaWiki is located at:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/
The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository at
svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion for details.
Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
+* https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development
+* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ
+* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation
+* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development
Extensions are listed at:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
+* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
+* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for announcements
of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
A higher volume support mailing list can be found at:
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
+* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Developer discussion takes place at:
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
+* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net,
and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.