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7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

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This enables closely customer-oriented programming. The wiki was<br />

originally developed to meet <strong>the</strong> demands of XP.<br />

FDL. (“Free Documentation License”). A license for documents<br />

emanating from <strong>the</strong> software license � GPL. It guarantees that <strong>the</strong><br />

use of <strong>the</strong> document adheres to � Copyleft. The user is obligated to<br />

name everyone involved in <strong>the</strong> generation of <strong>the</strong> document and to<br />

distribute <strong>the</strong> document exclusively in connection with <strong>the</strong> FDL. The<br />

license text must be displayed or printed along with <strong>the</strong> document,<br />

which is problematic especially for smaller documents. In addition,<br />

<strong>the</strong> FDL is only available in <strong>the</strong> English language. An alternative is<br />

<strong>the</strong> � Creative Commons license.<br />

Flame War. Two or more users engage in <strong>the</strong> exchange of senseless<br />

and insulting name-calling in a forum such as a wiki, or o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

Front end. That part of a web-based piece of software that is accessible<br />

to all users. The opposite of � Back end.<br />

GNU GPL. (“General Public License”). Software license that established<br />

<strong>the</strong> � Copyleft principle. Guarantees that programs subject to<br />

this license may be copied, distributed and passed on under <strong>the</strong> condition<br />

that <strong>the</strong> license is not altered. For documents, <strong>the</strong> � FDL was<br />

developed as an offshoot.<br />

Groupware. Software that supports collaboration in a group. This<br />

includes such tasks as setting appointments, producing collective<br />

notes and having collective access to documents, task management,<br />

and of course communication possibilities as well.<br />

Hash. The symbol “#”.<br />

History. List of all � Versions of a page. Using it, <strong>the</strong> history of edits<br />

to that page can be tracked.<br />

Hypertext. Instead of a single long text, several text parts are connected<br />

via links.<br />

Implementation. Concrete execution of a program in a programming<br />

language.<br />

License. The granting and regulation of user rights to a work or<br />

document by <strong>the</strong> author. The licensing of documents is a very new<br />

phenomenon that is closely linked to <strong>the</strong> digital existence of docu-<br />

Glossary �<br />

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