On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 09:17:56PM -0400, Simetrical wrote:
On 6/27/06, Tommy Li <tommycli(a)ucla.edu> wrote:
I'm developing a piece of software not
connected with Wikipedia or
Mediawiki. Is it legal to use the same markup system Mediawiki has?
If you're releasing it under the GPL, definitely. Otherwise,
probably. I shouldn't think MediaWiki's markup system is anywhere
near creative enough to merit copyright, particularly given the
interoperability concerns that would oppose such a copyright claim.
I can't imagine that a language is copyrightable, and indeed, I think
some BASIC purveyor tried to press such a claim (or maybe some xBase
purveyor) and lost.
In any event, I can't see why anyone would see fit to complain; indeed,
I'm strongly considering implementing a subset of MWtext as a text
entry format for WebGUI; *having* to use HTML or their "smart" editor
gives me hives.
Cheers,
-- jra
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