Re: PHP Documentation license

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:49, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 00:56, Wiktor Bednarz <wiktor@wiktor.be> wrote: >> Hello! >> I have a question. >> Does website funkcje.net have the right to copy your texts about php >> functions? >> They copy and translate your texts without a show the source. >> For example: >> http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php -> >> your, english version >> http://funkcje.net/view/3/1/1224/ -> your, translated to >> polish version, >> without source >> Does they violate the copyright? > > INAL, but I consider it a very grey area - and I do not understand why > they don't contribute this to php.net docs.. > > We however appreciate the fact the docs have been translated and may > help others, which is all we want. > > -Hannes Technically, it violates the attribution requirement in the Creative Commons license the documentation is released under: http://www.php.net/manual/en/copyright.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/cc.license.php -- Daniel Egeberg