diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 8cecc2e9dd2..2620be23617 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ available at https://creativecommons.org/policies#trademark
Version 2, June 1991
-Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
-the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
+the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
your programs, too.
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
-
Copyright (C)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -344,10 +343,8 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
-
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program; if not, see .
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
@@ -371,12 +368,11 @@ necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
`Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
- , 1 April 1989
-
- Ty Coon, President of Vice
+ , 1 April 1989
+ Moe Ghoul, President of Vice
This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
-library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
+library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
Public License instead of this License.
diff --git a/includes/installer/i18n/en.json b/includes/installer/i18n/en.json
index b68e377abc4..04ab3a029ee 100644
--- a/includes/installer/i18n/en.json
+++ b/includes/installer/i18n/en.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
"config-help-restart": "Do you want to clear all saved data that you have entered and restart the installation process?",
"config-restart": "Yes, restart it",
"config-welcome": "MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software package written in PHP. It serves as the platform for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, used by hundreds of millions of people each month. MediaWiki is localised in over 350 languages and its reliability and robust feature set have earned it a large and vibrant community of third-party users and developers.\n=== Environmental checks ===\nBasic checks will now be performed to see if this environment is suitable for MediaWiki installation.\nRemember to include this information if you seek support on how to complete the installation.",
- "config-welcome-section-copyright": "=== Copyright and Terms ===\n\n$1\n\nThis program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\nThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.\nSee the GNU General Public License for more details.\n\nYou should have received [$2 a copy of the GNU General Public License] along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA, or [https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html read it online].",
+ "config-welcome-section-copyright": "=== Copyright and Terms ===\n\n$1\n\nThis program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\nThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.\nSee the GNU General Public License for more details.\n\nYou should have received [$2 a copy of the GNU General Public License] along with this program; if not, [//www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html read it online].",
"config-sidebar": "* [https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki home]\n* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide]\n* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Contents Administrator's Guide]\n* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ FAQ]\n* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Communication Seek help]\n* [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/ Bug tracker]\n* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/How_to_contribute Contribute]",
"config-sidebar-relnotes": "Release notes",
"config-sidebar-license": "Copying",
diff --git a/languages/i18n/en.json b/languages/i18n/en.json
index 02413cf3754..90246be6090 100644
--- a/languages/i18n/en.json
+++ b/languages/i18n/en.json
@@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@
"version-poweredby-translators": "translatewiki.net translators",
"version-poweredby-various": "Various authors",
"version-credits-summary": "We would like to recognize the following persons for their contribution to [[Special:Version|MediaWiki]].",
- "version-license-info": "MediaWiki is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\nMediaWiki is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.\n\nYou should have received [{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/COPYING a copy of the GNU General Public License] along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA or [//www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html read it online].",
+ "version-license-info": "MediaWiki is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\nMediaWiki is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.\n\nYou should have received [{{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}/COPYING a copy of the GNU General Public License] along with this program; if not, [//www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html read it online].",
"version-software": "Installed software",
"version-software-product": "Product",
"version-software-version": "Version",