Re: the PHP Documentation License

From: "James Cox" <imajes@php.net> > As far as the license clauses that Rasmus mentioned, i think these are it: > > > > > VI. ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS > > > > A. Distribution of "substantively modified" versions of this document is > > prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. > > "Substantive modification" is defined as a change to the content of the > > document, and excludes mere changes in format or typographical > > corrections. > > > > B. Commercial distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any > > standard (paper) book form is prohibited unless prior permission is > > obtained from the copyright holder. > > > > and based on that assumption, i think that they are acceptable, but with > modification to state "without the acknowledgement of the PHP documentation > team, available at php-doc@lists.php.net". The point being there is that it > wouldn't be so prohibitive, but would allow for us to know of works that > will use it. With that modification it would no longer be the original Open Publication License. And what about the PEAR documentation? -Egon