Last modified: 2009-04-30 11:18:13 UTC
Hello, I have been looking into making changes to the profileinfo.php file to allow it to work better with both postgresql when I found the following licence below in the file. From what I have read MediaWiki is licensed under the GPL. This file may need to be redeveloped or relicenced under the GPL, as the below copyright notice in the file does not refer to the GPL. Regards Show profiling data. Copyright 2005 Kate Turner. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
so? this seems to be compatible with GPL
I am not sure if the licence given in the file indicates it is licenced under the GPL. Although it gives unlimited rights to modify and sublicence it, it does not refer to the GPL. If it has been sublicenced under the GPL, perhaps this needs to be included in the file. I do not find it clear if it is.
This is the MIT License (aka Expat License) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License which is compatible to GPL according to the Free Software Foundation, compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FSF_approved_software_licenses and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses Software under that license can be used in any ssoftware under any license, provided the terms of the license itself are met.
Thankyou for your update regarding it. Having multiple licenses in the code can appear confusing when I am starting to work on this project for the first time for the first time.
