On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:31 pm, Platonides wrote: > fl wrote: >> I would disagree. The Wikimedia software has been released under an >> open >> source license: While the WMF certainly has no obligation to improve >> the >> software, they most definately have an obligation to release the >> source >> code to third-parties. > > Wrong. They do it, and it's consistent with their mission, but they > have > no obligation to do that. They could even have MediaWiki be closed > source software.
No, they can't. As far as I am aware, MediaWiki is released under the GNU General Public License[1], which stipulates, among other things, the requirement to release a program's source code to the public and to release any derived changes under the same license[2]. If the WMF were to try and convert MediaWiki to a closed source project, they would be liable to legal actions against them. [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Version [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html -- fl _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
