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.