HDWiki is a Chinese wiki software developed by the online encyclopedia Hudong. It is used by over 1000 websites in China.[1][2]

License and development

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The source code for HDWiki is free for anyone to download without registration. HDWiki is free for non-commercial use, while commercial use requires a special licensing agreement from Hudong.[3]

Despite the name "kaiyuan" (Chinese: Simplified:开源 Trad:開放; pinyin: kāiyuán; lit. 'open source') (implying "open-source" in Chinese) in the URL of the Hudong website, HDWiki is not open-source software.

References

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  1. ^ innovative Chinese wiki software: interview with hoodong Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Hoodong: Homegrown Wiki". BV Capital Blog. BV Capital. 2007-11-27. Archived from the original on 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  3. ^ "HDwiki官方 Wiki程序|百科程序|百科建站系统 - Powered by HDwiki!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
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