MediaWiki.org: Difference between revisions

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|engine          = MediaWiki
|license          = MultiLicense
|license          = Multi-license
|maintopic        = MediaWiki
|maintopic        = MediaWiki
|backupurl        = https://Dumps.Wikimedia.org/mediawikiwiki/
|backupurl        = https://Dumps.Wikimedia.org/mediawikiwiki/
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Both sites are run by the '[[:Category:Non-profit|not-for-profit]]' Wikimedia Foundation (WMF); who oversee {{tag|MediaWiki}} development, and who also own and run the {{tag|Wikipedia}} empire, and all its {{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia projects|sister projects}}.  MediaWiki.org wiki is an extremely active and dedicated community; its members include software [[developer]]s (for both the core MediaWiki software, and the many add-on {{Mw|Category:All extensions|Extensions}}), [[editor]]s of other WMF wikis, and [[owner]]s / [[sysop]]s of other independent wiki sites which also use the MediaWiki software.  Major portions of the MediaWiki.org wiki are {{tag|Wiki Multilingual|multilingual}}, but the primary working language is {{tag|Wiki English|English}}.
Both sites are run by the '[[:Category:Non-profit|not-for-profit]]' Wikimedia Foundation (WMF); who oversee {{tag|MediaWiki}} development, and who also own and run the {{tag|Wikipedia}} empire, and all its {{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia projects|sister projects}}.  MediaWiki.org wiki is an extremely active and dedicated community; its members include software [[developer]]s (for both the core MediaWiki software, and the many add-on {{Mw|Category:All extensions|Extensions}}), [[editor]]s of other WMF wikis, and [[owner]]s / [[sysop]]s of other independent wiki sites which also use the MediaWiki software.  Major portions of the MediaWiki.org wiki are {{tag|Wiki Multilingual|multilingual}}, but the primary working language is {{tag|Wiki English|English}}.


Textual content of the MediaWiki.org wiki site is released under a {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|dual license}}: the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License}} (CC BY-SA 3.0) ''and'' the earlier {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL or GFDL), as detailed in the Wikimedia Foundation {{WMF.org|Terms of Use}}.  However, the actual MediaWiki <u>software</u> is released for [[:Category:Free software|free]] under version 2 of the [[:Category:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]] (GPL v2), whereas the many related add-on extensions may be released under the GPL, or any other [[:Category:License|license]] which their original developer deemed fit.
Textual content of the MediaWiki.org wiki site is released under a {{tag|Wiki Multi-license|dual license}}: the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License}} (CC BY-SA 3.0) ''and'' the earlier {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL or GFDL), as detailed in the Wikimedia Foundation {{WMF.org|Terms of Use}}.  However, the actual MediaWiki <u>software</u> is released for [[:Category:Free software|free]] under version 2 of the [[:Category:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]] (GPL v2), whereas the many related add-on extensions may be released under the GPL, or any other [[:Category:License|license]] which their original developer deemed fit.


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