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 using
-multiple servers (Wikipedia peaks in the 2500+ requests per second range
-as of June 2005).
+multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 5000+ requests per second range
+as of November 2005).
While quite usable on smaller sites, you may find you have to "roll your own"
local documentation, and some aspects of configuration may seem overcomplicated
* Ashar Voultoiz
* Evan Prodromou
* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
+ * Niklas Laxström
* Several others
-These developers hold the copyright to this work, and it is 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.
+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 http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
+versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same
+terms. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
+variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
+for details.
-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.
+The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software,
+although copyright may be assigned to it by individual contributors at a later
+date. Wikimedia has not funded any of the development work.
-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.
+[1] 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.
Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
+The official website for mediawiki is located at:
+ http://www.mediawiki.org/
+
The code is currently maintained at SourceForge under the project "wikipedia",
module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS there:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/
+ http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/phase3/
Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system: