From 20cd374fb3d7b2ba5dd5b1541c9cdddaed31ff98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Starling Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 11:31:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mostly rewritten. It was starting to look dated. --- README | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 5bcbc07bc7..1cade3bd40 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,22 +1,43 @@ -2003-04-14 - -This is the "Phase III" codebase for the Wikipedia project -(http://www.wikipedia.org). It is possibly usable as a -general-purpose wiki, but it was not intended as such and -there is little or no support available for using it as such -from the developers, who are busy full time supporting the -Wikipedia project. There are many good general-purpose Wikis -in the world. I personally recommend UseMod -(http://www.usemod.com/). - -The code as a whole is Copyright 2002,2003 by -Lee Daniel Crocker, Magnus Manske, Jan Hidders, Brion Vibber, -Axel Boldt, Geoffrey T. Dairiki, Tomasz Wegrzanowski, -Erik Moeller and others, licensed under the terms of the -GNU General Public License, version 2 (see -http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and -later versions of the code will also be considered free -software licensed under the same terms. +2003-11-08 + +MediaWiki +--------- + +MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia +(http://www.wikipedia.org) and the other Wikimedia +Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an +excellent range of features and support for high-traffic +websites. However, it is generally harder to install. Be +sure to follow the INSTALL document closely. Installation on +a Microsoft Windows system is not recommended, however it is +possible. Documentation for installation on Windows may be +found at: + + http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki_on_Windows + +The MediaWiki software was written by: + +* Lee Daniel Crocker +* Magnus Manske +* Jan Hidders +* Brion Vibber +* Axel Boldt +* Geoffrey T. Dairiki +* Tomasz Wegrzanowski +* Erik Moeller +* Tim Starling +* Several others + +These developers hold the copyright to this work, and it is +licensed the terms of the GNU General Public License, version +2 (see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative +works and later versions of the code will also be considered +free software licensed under the same terms. + +The newly-founded Wikimedia Foundation currently has no +legal rights to the software, although copyright may be +assigned to it at a later date. Wikimedia has not funded +any of the development work. Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker are also released into the public domain, wich does not impair the @@ -32,15 +53,37 @@ code in CVS, report bugs and make feature requests there: http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net -The code is written in PHP. It was tested mainly on version -4.06, but it is known to run in later versions. It requires -MySQL 3.23 or later, and PHP-MySQL. It is now running with -PHP 4.2.2 and MySQL 3.23.49 at http://www.wikipedia.org . -The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt has -been made to make it portable to other OSs, though it may -happen to run on some. The math support in particular has -run-time dependencies on things like TeTeX and GhostScript -that are generally found in Linux but not other OSs. +Documentation and discussion on new features may be found +at: + + http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development + +If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, +it is highly recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-l: + + http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l + +The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily +for announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security +issues. + +PHP + +The code is written in PHP. Version 4.3.2 or higher is +recommended. There are known issues with early 4.2.x +releases. + +MySQL + +MediaWiki requires MySQL 3.23 or later, and PHP-MySQL. +Version 4.0 or later is strongly recommended --- Lee Daniel Crocker +Operating system +The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt +has been made to make it portable to other OSs. The +math support in particular has run-time dependencies on +things like TeTeX and GhostScript that are generally +found in Linux but not other OSs. However, we have had +reports of successful installation on Windows, albeit +without TeX support. -- 2.20.1