On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Platonides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Trond Olsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have one question in concerning the GPL-license in regard to a
> > web-application using the MediaWiki API for querying XML (and possible
> > other extensions). I'm unsure if the GPL-license will affect the client
> > program and would like to ask if anyone would care to comment?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Trond Olsen.
>
> If you're using the mediawiki api internally (running it on the server),
> you're linking to the program and the viric clause applies. If you're
> using a different client, it's an inter-process comunication, thus the
> client doesn't need to be gpl.
> Anyway, a gpl client wouldn't hurt in any way your project (it could
> even support it).
>
> IANAL, don't take my word on it, and so on.


The setup is: Wiki is run on the same server (domain) where the web-client
(javascript+flash) is distributed from. The web-client uses MediaWiki more
like a database-service (and possible for html-generation). As for license,
I plan on using the zlib-license since it's not as restrictive as GPL in
terms of commercial use, hence why I would like to know how the MediaWiki
GPL affects the web-client application.

Trond.
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