X-Git-Url: https://git.heureux-cyclage.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e95b1e768848c3151ca27f1f9d3ee3f680054a26;hb=d854c55180bc234c480d1decc01eda61a0aa9c44;hp=427b5479e6ebaa3dceb55826038c9a218873b92e;hpb=74cab4ef7573120840b247832dd4372ddc7f06cc;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git diff --git a/README b/README index 427b5479e6..e95b1e7688 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ -2006-04-05 +2008-11-11 -For system requirements, installation and upgrade details, see the files RELEASE-NOTES, -INSTALL, and UPGRADE. +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 5000+ requests per second range -as of November 2005). +multiple servers (Wikimedia sites peak in the 60000+ requests per second range +as of November 2008). 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 @@ -33,71 +33,89 @@ The MediaWiki software was written by: * Domas Mituzas * Rob Church * Jens Frank -* Several others - -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. +* 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 +* Several 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. -[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. +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.' -[2] MediaWiki makes use of the Sajax Toolkit by modernmethod, - http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/ - which has the following license: +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: - '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.' +* 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: +The official website for MediaWiki is located at: - http://www.mediawiki.org/ + http://www.mediawiki.org/ -The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository -at svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion -for details. +The code is currently maintained in a Subversion repository at +svn.wikimedia.org. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion for details. Please report bugs and make feature requests in our Bugzilla system: - http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ +* https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ Documentation and discussion on new features may be found at: - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development +* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ +* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Documentation +* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Development Extensions are listed at: - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_extensions +* 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: - http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/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. +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: - http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l +* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Developer discussion takes place at: - http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l +* 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. +There is also a development and support channel #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net, +and an unoffical support forum at www.mwusers.com.