Re: Proposed new copyright text

Looks quite good to me. The text is the standard for the OPL. A related question: Is there a need to keep a copy of the OPL w/ the downloadable versions of the manual? Usually a pointer to the URL is enough I think, but I am just curious about that. --- Gabor Hojtsy <gabor@hojtsy.hu> wrote: > Hi! > > As we agreed on the new PHP documentation license > (the Open Publication > license with both options), I would like to replace > the current copyright > notice with a new one. This is the 'old' (current > one): > > ================= > This manual is (C) Copyright 1997 - 2003 by the PHP > Documentation Group. The > members of this group are listed on the front page > of this manual. > > This manual can be redistributed under the terms of > the GNU General Public > License as published by the Free Software > Foundation; either version 2 of the > License, or (at your option) any later version. > > The 'Extending PHP 4.0' section of this manual is > copyright (C) 2000 by Zend > Technologies, Ltd. This material may be distributed > only subject to the terms > and conditions set forth in the Open Publication > License, v1.0 or later (the > latest version is presently available at > http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). > ================= > > This is what it is going to be, if noone complains: > > ================= > Copyright (C) 1997 - 2003 by the PHP Documentation > Group. This material may be > distributed only subject to the terms and conditions > set forth in the Open > Publication License, v1.0 or later (the latest > version is presently available > at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). > > Distribution of substantively modified versions of > this document is prohibited > without the explicit permission of the copyright > holder. > > 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. > > The members of the PHP Documentation Group are > listed on the front page of > this manual. In case you would like to contact the > group, please write to > phpdoc@lists.php.net > > The 'Extending PHP 4.0' section of this manual is > copyright (C) 2000 by Zend > Technologies, Ltd. This material may be distributed > only subject to the terms > and conditions set forth in the Open Publication > License, v1.0 or later (the > latest version is presently available at > http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). > ================= > > The first three paras are coming from the Open > Publication License's content, > which describes such a reference as 'proper > incorporation by reference', if I > understand correctly. The second para is option A, > the third is option B of > the license, which I have included as we agreed on > it. The fourth para is to > give meaning to the PHP Documentation Group name, > and give direct contact > info. The last para stayed the same, as it is still > needed, because the Zend > part is from another copyright holder. > > As we agreed on this previously, I don't think > anybody has objections, but > maybe :) > > Goba > > -- > PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto <jmcastagnetto@php.net> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com