I see now that the different sourcecode mentions "GPL version #, or later".
I'm only using the webservices API so misunderstood the COPYING file which
only says GPLv2, but that's only a reference for GPLv2.

Thanks for the answers.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Daniel Friesen <[email protected]>wrote:

> Most GPLed code is "GPL version #, or later". That's what MediaWiki is,
> so even if a move to GPLv3 is made anything specifying the ", or later"
> which all the MW extensions using GPL in svn should be, then that code
> can still be used because the ", or later" allows the code to be used
> under GPLv3
>
> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://nadir-seen-fire.com]
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> -Wiki-Tools (http://wiki-tools.com)
> -MonkeyScript (http://monkeyscript.nadir-point.com)
> -Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com)
> -Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com)
> -Soul Eater Wiki (http://souleater.wikia.com)
>
>
>
> Trond Olsen wrote:
> > It was in regard to if you're mixing in GPLv2 compatible sourcecode and
> then
> > later will be unable to receive security updates if MediaWiki becomes
> GPLv3
> > only.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On 2/17/09 11:34 AM, Trond Olsen wrote:
> >>
> >>> Are there any plans of MediaWiki migrating from GPLv2 to GPLv3? If so,
> >>>
> >> will
> >>
> >>> GPLv2 still be supported in future release?
> >>>
> >> We have no particular plans to update to GPLv3 at this time.
> >>
> >> Any particular interest in us converting or not in the future?
> >>
> >> -- brion
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