Hi!
According to some pages on mediawiki.org[1][2], it seems that wiki is going to be a central repository for gadgets which will be shared with WMF projects (and other projects using MediaWiki).
I would like to know if there is any chance of changing the licence requirements for the new "Gadget:" namespace of this central wiki, so that they can be licensed under a true free ''software'' licence such as GPL (without needing to license also under CC-BY-SA, which is not compatible). The main advantage is that this would allow us to import GPL-licensed scripts for use on WMF wikis. Gadget developers could e.g.: * Copy parts of MediaWiki code, and modify it on-wiki (to try to fix bugs, or to customize the default behavior) * Adapt other external scripts for use on Wikimedia Wikis. See also[3].
What do you think?
Best regards, Helder
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Version_2_Design_Specification... [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Talk:ResourceLoader/V2_testing/Questio... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Proper_licensi...
I'm also interested in a reply
2012/8/6 Helder . helder.wiki@gmail.com
Hi!
According to some pages on mediawiki.org[1][2], it seems that wiki is going to be a central repository for gadgets which will be shared with WMF projects (and other projects using MediaWiki).
I would like to know if there is any chance of changing the licence requirements for the new "Gadget:" namespace of this central wiki, so that they can be licensed under a true free ''software'' licence such as GPL (without needing to license also under CC-BY-SA, which is not compatible). The main advantage is that this would allow us to import GPL-licensed scripts for use on WMF wikis. Gadget developers could e.g.:
- Copy parts of MediaWiki code, and modify it on-wiki (to try to fix bugs,
or to customize the default behavior)
- Adapt other external scripts for use on Wikimedia Wikis.
See also[3].
What do you think?
Best regards, Helder
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Version_2_Design_Specification... [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Talk:ResourceLoader/V2_testing/Questio... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Proper_licensi...
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On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Raylton P. Sousa raylton.sousa@gmail.com wrote:
I'm also interested in a reply
2012/8/6 Helder . helder.wiki@gmail.com
Hi!
According to some pages on mediawiki.org[1][2], it seems that wiki is going to be a central repository for gadgets which will be shared with WMF projects (and other projects using MediaWiki).
I would like to know if there is any chance of changing the licence requirements for the new "Gadget:" namespace of this central wiki, so that they can be licensed under a true free ''software'' licence such as GPL (without needing to license also under CC-BY-SA, which is not compatible). The main advantage is that this would allow us to import GPL-licensed scripts for use on WMF wikis. Gadget developers could e.g.:
- Copy parts of MediaWiki code, and modify it on-wiki (to try to fix bugs,
or to customize the default behavior)
- Adapt other external scripts for use on Wikimedia Wikis.
See also[3].
Also Lua modules?
-Liangent
What do you think?
Best regards, Helder
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Version_2_Design_Specification... [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Talk:ResourceLoader/V2_testing/Questio... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Proper_licensi...
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Liangent liangent@gmail.com wrote:
Also Lua modules?
Good point!
Helder
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