https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30106
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Bug #: 30106
Summary: Explicitly disallow GPL v3
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Created attachment 8833
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Indicate that MediaWiki is licensed only under GPL v2. Fixed link to GNU.org.
MediaWiki is licensed under GPL v2.
GPL v3 is incompatible with GPL v2.[1]
An extension writer I work with recently committed some code under GPL v3. I am
already telling him to fix this, since we already have the implicit ban on GPL
v3 because we say that extensions must be under a compatible license.
But I noticed in the course of doing this that the README file says MediaWiki
"it is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or
later". This was added in 2005[2], well before it was known that GPL v3 was
incompatible. So, we should fix this.
Patch attached - just making this bug so it gets a wider airing before I pull
the trigger.
[1] http://gplv3.fsf.org/rms-why.html
[2] See r11770
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