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=== Naming and Community Growth (2004β2010) === The name "MediaWiki" was officially adopted in 2004 to distinguish the software from the broader Wikimedia project and to signal its availability for third-party use. The Wikimedia Foundation released the software under the '''GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2)''', enabling any individual or organisation to deploy, modify, and redistribute it freely. Between 2004 and 2010, MediaWiki's extension system matured significantly. Community developers published hundreds of extensions through what is now known as MediaWiki.org, the official hub for documentation, extension listings, and skin repositories. During this period, large-scale deployments outside Wikimedia β including corporate wikis, government knowledge bases, and educational platforms β became increasingly common.
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