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HDWiki

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

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HDWiki is a Chinese wiki software developed by the online encyclopedia Hudong. It is used by over 1000 websites in China.12

License and development

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" (simplified Chinese: 开源; traditional Chinese: 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.

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References

  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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