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| − | '''GetWiki''' [http://getwiki.net .net] is an interactive [[PHP]]/[[MySQL]] application for [[Wiki]] websites such as [[Wikinfo]]. A highly modified, and controversial, version of the [[MediaWiki|MediaWiki 1.1.0]] software running [[Wikipedia]] and other sites, GetWiki introduces [[XML]] import of individual articles from any other Wiki-site offering GetWiki/MediaWiki XML export. GetWiki also uses [[XHTML]] and [[CSS]] document and accessibility standards, comprehensive security measures, and interfacing unbiased toward Wikipedia.
| + | GetWiki is essentially an improved [[MediaWiki]] that lets anyone be an ''interactive'' [[GFDL corpus access provider]], specializing only those pages in the [[GFDL corpus]] they have a need to import and modify. '''[[:meta:GetWiki|GetWiki]]''' |
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| − | GetWiki was [[Fork|forked]] from MediaWiki in January, 2004 by [[M.R.M. Parrott]], partially under a [[Creative Commons License]] for the images and some of the code. The intention was to simply add the XML import feature to MediaWiki for use on the then Internet-Encyclopedia, but the resulting application became a fork through numerous customizations for the new Wikinfo. Such customizations and changes, code cleanup, and dozens of bugfixes of the MediaWiki version forked, have produced an independent, secure wiki application. The current stable [http://www.getwiki.net release] of Getwiki is 1.0.
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| − | GetWiki is essentially an improved [[MediaWiki]] that lets anyone be an ''interactive'' [[GFDL corpus access provider]], specializing only those pages in the [[GFDL corpus]] they have a need to import and modify. It is the closest thing available to [[Project Xanadu]], the original [[Ted Nelson]] view of how the [[world wide web]] should evolve. | + | |
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| − | The [[Wikipedia sysop power structure]] and [[Wikimedia]], which require all GPL software, forbid anyone to copy the key features of GetWiki into [[MediaWiki]], since this would reduce their power to enforce "rules" they make up. Since [[Wikipedia violates GFDL]] it is common to see [[GFDL corpus access provider]]s start up as mirrors without interactive features. This helps [[Wikimedia]] retain monopolistic control on editorial control of the latest/live version of most pages in the [[GFDL corpus]]. This control further retards the corpus itself and is entirely contrary to the principles of [[Open Content]] and [[Share Alike]].
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| − | GetWiki is licensed under the [[GPL]], but portions are [[CC-by-nc-sa]] and so the application is [[Share Alike]] and [[Non-Commercial]], requiring attribution. Therefore, GetWiki is [[Open Content]], [[Free Software|Free]] and [[Open Source]] collaboration software, only restricting some code for commercial uses. Future versions will have a higher ratio of [[CCL]] code.
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| − | ====References====
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| − | * Adapted from the [[GetMeta]] article, "GetWiki" http://www.getwiki.net/wiki.php?title=GetWiki, used under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]
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Revision as of 03:49, 9 March 2008
GetWiki is essentially an improved MediaWiki that lets anyone be an interactive GFDL corpus access provider, specializing only those pages in the GFDL corpus they have a need to import and modify. GetWiki
