Re: cvs: phpweb / copyright.php license.html style.css /include layout.inc

> actually, i intentionally didn't include a copyright notice. > i find the one you've put up completely unacceptable. Ok, let's change it so it is acceptable. > > <LI>The documents and information may be used solely for personal, > > informational, internal, non-commercial purposes. > > why only non-commercial purposes? Someone takes the entire PHP manual, turns it into a book, and sells it. Do we want to allow that? > personally, i can live with copycats. i don't think it really > harms us, and they're the ones who end up looking stupid. I mostly agree (especially about them looking stupid). PHP is so much more entrenched now than when we started the last new look to the site. However, it does erode our image if everyone starts copying the site. Not to mention if some porn/hate/whatever site decides to co-opt our look and graphics. We need to make some effort to protect our image now. If we don't, then it becomes that much harder to later on. (Plus I don't want some company making money off the work/time we've *donated* to developing the PHP site.) I'm perfectly happy with a very liberal notice that basically says: - do what you want with the content (can you GPL content?) - except don't use the logo without permission - give credit where it's due, please - don't copy the look or graphics from the site, please Can we come up with some acceptable wording that covers this? I offer the following: The code, text, PHP logo, and graphical elements on this website and the mirror websites (the "Site") are Copyright &copy; 2001 The PHP Group. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere on this Site, you are free view, download and print the documents and information available on this Site subject to the following conditions: - You should credit The PHP Group for any reproduction of the documents and/or information from this Site. - You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the documents and information on this Site. - The rights granted to you constitute a license and not a transfer of title. - The rights specified above to view, download and print the documents and information available on this Site are not applicable to the graphical elements, design or layout of this Site. These elements of the Site are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. -- Colin