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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. The [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2004-April/000005.html MediaWiki 1.3 release] is now available and should be compared to [[GetWiki]]. | 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. The [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2004-April/000005.html MediaWiki 1.3 release] is now available and should be compared to [[GetWiki]]. | ||
:The main difference is that MediaWiki 1.3 has a crippled [[XML import]] that is available only to the [[sysop power structure]]. This seems to be a ploy to kill off GetWiki, after which support for this feature, which makes it easy to [[fork off]] with the [[GFDL Corpus]], will probably be withdrawn or limited or "bugged up" to make it useless. There is no incentive, once GetWiki dies, for MediaWiki's developers (who are involved with [[Wikimedia]]) to support an XML-based fork. Some, such as [[Tim Starling]], have engaged in activities that strongly suggest that they deliberately offer tools such as [[vandalbot]]s to those who attack such services, e.g. some claim this was done to [[Recyclopedia]]. Accordingly it may be better to stick to GetWiki just to have a hedge against the [[sysop power structure]] controlling Mediawiki code. | |||
The long term choices of [[wiki code]] and its integration with other code are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[Development Wiki]] is here to discuss. As part of [[reflexive design]], we will generally use the tools we are trying to test, before deciding to use them. This will often bias [[sysop]]s and others in favour of what is in use now! We should be very aware of this [[systemic bias]]. | The long term choices of [[wiki code]] and its integration with other code are things the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] will decide, and this [[Development Wiki]] is here to discuss. As part of [[reflexive design]], we will generally use the tools we are trying to test, before deciding to use them. This will often bias [[sysop]]s and others in favour of what is in use now! We should be very aware of this [[systemic bias]]. | ||