6 MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) and the
7 other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an
8 excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using
9 multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 5000+ requests per second range
12 While quite usable on smaller sites, you may find you have to "roll your own"
13 local documentation, and some aspects of configuration may seem overcomplicated
14 because MediaWiki is primarily targeted as an in-house tool.
16 See the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL, and UPGRADE for details on system
17 requirements and installation procedure.
20 The MediaWiki software was written by:
33 * Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
37 The contributors hold the copyright to this work, and it is licensed
38 under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later[1]
39 (see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
40 versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same
41 terms. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
42 variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
45 The Wikimedia Foundation currently has no legal rights to the software,
46 although copyright may be assigned to it by individual contributors at a later
47 date. Wikimedia has not funded any of the development work.
49 [1] Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker or Erik Moeller are
50 also released into the public domain, which does not impair the obligations of
51 users under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof.
53 Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
55 The official website for mediawiki is located at:
56 http://www.mediawiki.org/
58 The code is currently maintained at SourceForge under the project "wikipedia",
59 module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS there:
61 http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/phase3/
63 Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system:
65 http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org
67 Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at:
69 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ
70 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide
71 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_development
74 If you are setting up your own wiki based on this software, it is highly
75 recommended that you subscribe to mediawiki-announce:
77 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
79 The mailing list is very low volume, and is intended primarily for
80 announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and security issues.
83 For installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES, INSTALL,