Re: Re: PHP documentation authors / editors and license

On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 10:43:33AM +0100, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: ... > > Hrm. Maybe we could use the work in the PHP Function Essential > > Reference as the starting point for a new set of docs? At the publish > > date, it covered a large portion of PHP. > > > > This would avoid the licensing issues. People who have already > > contributed to the documentation could take their specific sections > > and recommit them to the new docs - even though they contributed to a > > GPL-licensed work, they still own copyright on their own work. > > Well, I think starting off with the new contents is not a good idea. > First it will be a long time to complete the DocBook version, second thw > user notes on pages will go useless, as they relate to the current > documentation and not the book's text. So I think if we can use the > contents the other way round, then it would be much better for our > users, and for ourselfs too. Heh. The content is already in docbook and the user notes are mostly useless already. ;) Seriously, of course it is better that we use what we have and just change to a better license. However, we do have options - this being one of them. :) -- Zak Greant <zak@mysql.com> | MySQL Advocate | http://zak.fooassociates.com MySQL Tip: Use your favorite editor to edit queries within the mysql client mysql> \e Sincere Choice: Supporting a Fair Software Market (http://sincerechoice.org)