On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Roan Kattouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Trond Olsen schreef: > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > You mean to ask whether the fact that the articles are GPLed will > > necessitate the client to be GPLed too? I'm pretty sure it doesn't. For > > instance, the MediaWiki software is GPLed, which affects changing it > and > > distributing it, but not *using* it: it's perfectly OK to use MediaWiki > > to manage non-GPL content (in fact, many non-Wikimedia wikis use a > > Creative Commons license). In much the same way, it's OK for non-GPL > > programs to query the (GPLed) API. > > > Note, however, that if the data you get from the API is derived from > GFDL articles, as in the case of Wikipedia, that this data is also > under the GFDL. > > Magnus <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api> My plans for MediaWiki is using it to store XML configuration data and possible use it for serving tutorials/articles etc to be presented in the web-application. Trond.
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