-2003-04-14
-
-This is the "Phase III" codebase for the Wikipedia project
-(http://www.wikipedia.org). It is possibly usable as a
-general-purpose wiki, but it was not intended as such and
-there is little or no support available for using it as such
-from the developers, who are busy full time supporting the
-Wikipedia project. There are many good general-purpose Wikis
-in the world. I personally recommend UseMod
-(http://www.usemod.com/).
-
-The code as a whole is Copyright 2002,2003 by
-Lee Daniel Crocker, Magnus Manske, Jan Hidders, Brion Vibber,
-Axel Boldt, Geoffrey T. Dairiki, Tomasz Wegrzanowski, and
-others, 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.
-
-Sections of code written exclusively by Lee Crocker are also
-released into the public domain, wich does not impair the
-obligations of users under the GPL for use of the whole code
-or other sections thereof.
-
-Many thanks to the Wikipedia regulars for testing and
-suggestions.
-
-The code is currently maintained at Sourceforge under the
-project "wikipedia", module name "phase3". You can view the
-code in CVS, report bugs and make feature requests there:
-
- http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net
-
-The code is written in PHP. It was tested mainly on version
-4.06, but it is known to run in later versions. It requires
-MySQL 3.23 or later, and PHP-MySQL. It is now running with
-PHP 4.2.2 and MySQL 3.23.49 at http://www.wikipedia.org .
-The code was written on and for Linux, and no attempt has
-been made to make it portable to other OSs, though it may
-happen to run on some. The math support in particular has
-run-time dependencies on things like TeTeX and GhostScript
-that are generally found in Linux but not other OSs.
-
--- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
+2008-11-11
+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 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
+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
+* Ashar Voultoiz
+* Evan Prodromou
+* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
+* Niklas Laxström
+* Domas Mituzas
+* Rob Church
+* Jens Frank
+* Yuri Astrakhan
+* Aryeh Gregor
+* Aaron Schulz
+* 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[1] (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.
+
+[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 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 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:
+
+ 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.
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