Re: PHP documentation licence
| From: | Joe Orton | Date: | Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:57:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP documentation licence | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.doc |
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:35:29AM +0200, Gabor Hojtsy wrote:
> >Hi folks - I noticed that the new PHP documentation licence elects to
> >use this option of the OPL:
> >
> > Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document
> > is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright
> > holder.
> >
> >This is a significant restriction over the previous licence, and is not
> >in the spirit (if not the letter) of the Open Source Definition/Debian
> >Free Software Guidelines: that modification is unrestricted is an
> >important part of free software.
> >
> >Would you consider removing this option?
>
> Is the documentation software?
Obviously not, though I find it hard to convince myself that the
principles of free software should not also apply to free
documentation--hence the question.
Regards,
joe