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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
@@ -31,27 +31,43 @@ The MediaWiki software was written by:
  * Ashar Voultoiz
  * Evan Prodromou
  * Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
+ * Niklas Laxström
  * 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.
+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[1]
+(see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html). Derivative works and later
+versions of the code must be free software licensed under the same
+terms. This includes "extensions" that use MediaWiki functions or
+variables; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
+for details.
 
-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 and 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
-under the GPL for use of the whole code or other sections thereof.
+[1] 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.
+
+[2] 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.'
 
 Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and suggestions.
 
+The official website for mediawiki is located at:
+  http://www.mediawiki.org/
+
 The code is currently maintained at SourceForge under the project "wikipedia",
 module name "phase3". You can view the code in CVS there:
 
-  http://www.mediawiki.org/
+  http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/phase3/
 
 Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system: