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@@ -1,3 +1,41 @@ +== License and copyright information == + +=== License === + +MediaWiki is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, +version 2 or later. Derivative works and later versions of the code must be +free software licensed under the same or a compatible license. This includes +"extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or variables; see +http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins for details. + +For the full text of version 2 of the license, see +https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html or '''GNU General Public License''' +below. + +=== Copyright owners === + +MediaWiki contributors, including those listed in the CREDITS file, hold the +copyright to this work. + +=== Additional license information === + +Some components of MediaWiki imported from other projects may be under other +Free and Open Source, or Free Culture, licenses. Specific details of their +licensing information can be found in those components. + +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. + +MediaWiki uses the following Creative Commons icons to illustrate links to the +CC licenses: + +* skins/common/images/cc-by-nc-sa.png +* skins/common/images/cc-by-sa.png + +These icons are trademarked, and used subject to the CC trademark license, +available at http://creativecommons.org/policies#trademark + == GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE == Version 2, June 1991 |