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'''MediaWiki''' is the software [[Consumerium]] uses on its [[R&D wiki]] which you are using right now. It is one of several [[wiki code]] options, seemingly the one that has a [[wikitext standard]] suitable for large numbers of people to collaborate on in many languages. http://mediawiki.org | '''MediaWiki''' is the software [[Consumerium]] uses on its [[R&D wiki]] which you are using right now. It is one of several [[wiki code]] options, seemingly the one that has a [[wikitext standard]] suitable for large numbers of people to collaborate on in many languages. http://mediawiki.org | ||
It is not however ideal as a piece of code to work with our [[hardware requirements]] or [[protocol requirements]], e.g. it does not integrate with any [[chat code]]. Nor | It is not however ideal as a piece of code to work with our [[hardware requirements]] or [[protocol requirements]], e.g. it does not currently integrate with any [[chat code]]. Nor does it implement some features of the [[content wiki]] or [[opinion wiki]] that will be needed eventually to deliver [[Consumerium Services]] such as [[signing]] versions of articles, which is needed for non-centralized integrity burden of proof. | ||
Therefore its use at present is really just a test, and to make it easier to | Therefore its use at present is really just a test, and to make it easier to collate text from other [[GFDL]] services, most of which also use mediawiki. [[Consumerium developers]] will have to make their choices based also on the constraints the [[Consumerium License]] might place on using [[GPL]]'d code. This might not be an issue, or it might be a huge issue, we just don't know. | ||
These are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[R&D wiki]] is here to discuss. | These are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[R&D wiki]] is here to discuss. | ||
'''See:''' | |||
*[[Content wiki]] | |||
*[[Opinion wiki]] | |||