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When launched in [[:Category:Founded in 2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[CliffordAdams|Clifford Adams]] used to moderate the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]]. Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:Founded in 2002|2002]], when it started to use the '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Phase II software|Phase II software}}' as developed by [[Magnus Manske]]. On 20 July 2002, 'Phase III software' (a complete rewrite of Manskes' Phase II by [[Lee Daniel Crocker]]) was released and used on the [[English Wikipedia]], and at the same time, was renamed [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]. [http://UseMod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Comparison_Of_Usemod_With_Mediawiki] The MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] has subsequently been extensively developed and expanded, through continued collaborative evolutions. As well as being used all 900-or-so wikis of the Wikimedia Foundation, MediaWiki is also used by many thousands of other independently hosted wiki sites, and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]]. | When launched in [[:Category:Founded in 2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[CliffordAdams|Clifford Adams]] used to moderate the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]]. Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:Founded in 2002|2002]], when it started to use the '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Phase II software|Phase II software}}' as developed by [[Magnus Manske]]. On 20 July 2002, 'Phase III software' (a complete rewrite of Manskes' Phase II by [[Lee Daniel Crocker]]) was released and used on the [[English Wikipedia]], and at the same time, was renamed [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]. [http://UseMod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Comparison_Of_Usemod_With_Mediawiki] The MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] has subsequently been extensively developed and expanded, through continued collaborative evolutions. As well as being used all 900-or-so wikis of the Wikimedia Foundation, MediaWiki is also used by many thousands of other independently hosted wiki sites, and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]]. | ||
In respect of content [[:Category:Wiki | In respect of content [[:Category:Wiki license|licensing]], historically, when Wikipedia was founded, it released all textual [[wiki]] content under the 'copyleft' [[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GNU Free Doc License, or GFDL). However, during [[:Category:Founded in 2009|2009]], all existing Wikipedia wikis migrated to a new license: the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 unported license]] (CC-BY-SA 3.0); and all content published until that migration date could be retro-released under either or [[:Category:Wiki Multi-license|both licenses]]. All content published ''after'' the migration date is released under only the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license, as are any newly created Wikipedia language versions. [https://news.Slashdot.org/story/09/05/21/2317253/wikipedia-moving-from-gfdl-to-creative-commons-license] | ||
*[https://www.Wikipedia.org www.Wikipedia.org] — Wikipedia [[:Category:Portal|portal]] to all language versions | *[https://www.Wikipedia.org www.Wikipedia.org] — Wikipedia [[:Category:Portal|portal]] to all language versions | ||
*{{WMF-Meta|Wikipedia}} — Meta.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | *{{WMF-Meta|Wikipedia}} — Meta.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] |
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