Template:Extension/License

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<translate> <tvar name=1>MediaWiki</tvar> is an open-source project and users are encouraged to make any <tvar name=2></tvar> under an [<tvar name=url>https://opensource.org/licenses/category</tvar> Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved] license compatible with [<tvar name=url2>https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0</tvar> GPL-2.0-or-later] (Wikimedia's standard software license).

We recommend adopting one of the following compatible licenses for your projects in Gerrit: </translate>

• <translate> GNU General Public License, version 2 or later</translate> (GPL-2.0-or-later)
• <translate> MIT License</translate> (MIT)
• <translate> BSD License</translate> (BSD-3-Clause)
• <translate> Apache License 2.0</translate> (Apache-2.0)

<translate> For extensions that have a compatible license, you can request developer access to the MediaWiki source repositories for extensions.</translate> <translate> To specify the licence in code and with "<tvar name=1>license-name</tvar>" a key should be used to provide it's short name, e.g. "<tvar name=2>GPL-2.0-or-later</tvar>" or "<tvar name=3>MIT</tvar>" adhering to [<tvar name=url>https://spdx.org/licenses/</tvar> the list of identifiers at spdx.org].</translate>