From 08aa4418c30cfc18ccc69a0f0f9cb9e17be6c196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Schmitz Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:28:15 +0200 Subject: Update to MediaWiki 1.21.1 --- README.mediawiki | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 122 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.mediawiki (limited to 'README.mediawiki') diff --git a/README.mediawiki b/README.mediawiki new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c9ce5db4 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.mediawiki @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files +RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE. + +== 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 (Wikimedia sites peak in the 100K+ requests per second range +as of January 2012). + +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 +because MediaWiki is primarily targeted as an in-house tool. + +The MediaWiki software was written by: +* Lee Daniel Crocker +* Magnus Manske +* Jan Hidders +* Brion Vibber +* Axel Boldt +* Geoffrey T. Dairiki +* Tomasz Wegrzanowski +* Erik Moeller +* Tim Starling +* Gabriel Wicke +* Antoine Musso +* Evan Prodromou +* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason +* Niklas Laxström +* Domas Mituzas +* Rob Church +* Jens Frank +* Yuri Astrakhan +* Aryeh Gregor +* Aaron Schulz +* Andrew Garrett +* Raimond Spekking +* Alexandre Emsenhuber +* Siebrand Mazeland +* Chad Horohoe +* Roan Kattouw +* Trevor Pascal +* Bryan Tong Minh +* Sam Reed +* Victor Vasiliev +* Rotem Liss +* Platonides +* Many others (view CREDITS for a more complete list) + +The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed under the +terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (see +http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html). 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. + +The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software. + +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 makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod, +http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/ which has the following license: + + 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution + License. To view a copy of this license, visit + http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ or send a letter + to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, + Stanford, California 94305, USA.' + +MediaWiki use Creative Commons license marks to points to their online +licenses. This content is trademarked and used under a specific license +available at http://creativecommons.org/policies#trademark +The restricted content is: + +* skins/common/images/cc-by-nc-sa.png +* skins/common/images/cc-by-sa.png + +Many thanks to the Wikimedia regulars for testing and suggestions. + +The official website for MediaWiki is located at: + + http://www.mediawiki.org/ + +The code is currently maintained in a Git repository at +gerrit.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git for details. + +Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system: + +* https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ + +Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at: + +* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ +* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation +* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development + +Extensions are listed at: + +* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions + +If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly +recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce: + +* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce + +The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for announcements +of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues. + +A higher volume support mailing list can be found at: + +* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l + +Developer discussion takes place at: + +* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l + +There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net, +and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf