The license of the API documentation is the license of the code base it is generated on, not the license of the wiki. So e.g. the license of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query is core's license.
However, the source code of it has:
<link rel="copyright" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" />
It should either be the correct license for the API help (see T93994: Special:ApiHelp should include licensing information) or omitted.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fix rel="copyright" for ApiHelp | mediawiki/core | master | +30 -8 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Ricordisamoa | T93995 api.php help should not output wrong link rel="copyright" | |||
| Resolved | Ricordisamoa | T94038 OutputPage should allow for overriding <link rel="copyright"> |
Change 216676 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ricordisamoa):
Fix rel="copyright" for ApiHelp
Works on the Beta cluster.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Copyright should be marked for translation quite ASAP.
Works in production.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Copyright has been marked for translation by @Fabsouza1.