Re: Re: PHP Manual Inquiry

On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 01:08, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > Hi Michelle! > > >>I am developing a new PHP site, http://phpprofessionals.com~5Œ’9 > >>K¨uC­ì®. I am > >>interested republishing the PHP manual on my site. Am I allowed to > >>do this? Is this within copyright laws, if I do not remove any of > >>the copyright notices? > > Why do you think, that republishing the manual is neccessary? We already > have the manuals hosted on around one hundred mirror sites around the > globe. Why do you think that the manual on your site would attract any > visitors? They know that the manual on our site is better updated, more > actual etc. > > Goba I agree. The 'Real' manual is constantly updated and has the notes and all of that. I mean, I don't think the license says you *can't* do it' (and I, personally, wish you the best of luck if you do) but why get into the admin headache? You'll always be trying to keep up, and the definitive version will always be on the master or a mirror anyway. Let's put it this way: I can see why the idea would initially be attractive...but given the overhead of maintaining a copy, I'd recommend against it. Torben -- Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> +1.604.709.0506 http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.inflatableeye.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.themainonmain.com -----==== Boycott Starbucks! http://www.haidabuckscafe.com ====-----