Re: PHP Documentation license

From: Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:26:30 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP Documentation license
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Hannes Magnusson wrote: > Wiktor Bednarz <wiktor@wiktor.be> wrote: > >> They (funkcje.net) signed under your (translated to polish) texts (!). Will >> there be any consequences? >> > I doubt it. > All we want is to make the documentations available for those who want > to learn PHP. > > If people do not contribute back to the docs then it is up to them. > Although it is morally wrong and goes against everything we stand for > we do make this possible. > > > Since this is a translated version of the manual I am unsure if the > 'attribution' clause in the license actually applies. > And even if it did, I don't think there is anything we will do in the matter. > > -Hannes > There are two copyrights there, the original ones from authors at php.net and the copyright of the translator. They should at least have a note pointing to php.net I think it should have the consequence of them receiving an email from a php.net address kindly asking them to contribute their docs. It probably wasn't done with malice.

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