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* Wikipedia peaks at +2500 as of 2005-05 => Wikimedia peaks at +5000 as of 2005-11

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* Under the GPL-2 => Under the GPL-2 or later
* Made a note of the fact that extensions which use the MediaWiki code also have to be under the same license terms as the main code
* Copyright may be assigned to the foundation at a later date => [...] at a later date by individual contributors
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 2005-11-23 12:52:04 +00:00
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@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ 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 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
@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ The MediaWiki software was written by:
* 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.
terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (see
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works, including
"extensions" which use the MediaWiki code) 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.
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