[snip] > > Why don't you want that ? wikipedia is freely available and i don't > > see the problem where articles are available on other sites as long as > > people know its from wikipedia. > > There's also *one* wikipedia. How many side wikipedia efforts are > flourishing? There are sites (ex. music sites) that show artist info from wikipedia when playing the artist song.
> > > People know that the official docs are > > at cakephp.org. > > I disagree. Besides, even if your assertion was true, what's the point > in creating parallel efforts? If everyone knows where to get it from > the source, why would they visit other efforts? We've battled this > problem before, especially with CakePHP sites in other languages. > People *don't* know, especially when they're introduced to us through > a non-official channel. > > >> but the content in the manual is meant to be reviewed and contributed > >> to in an official setting. > > Yes but that doesn't really mean that the content couldn't be under > > GPL or whatever. > > I think it does. What's the point of having a license like that when > we only want the content coming from one place? Why isn't that a problem for php docs ? djangobook.com ? > > >> What did you want to use it for? > > i didnt want to use it, but lets say - an in-house company cake > > course. > > Feel free to reference or quote from it inside your course materials, > just like you would any other material. ok and if i would like to include whole chapters of the manual in the course and print it for 20 employees? And i would probably contribute back my efforts to the manual and share the course without the community. Another use case: if i write something on the book and want to additionally publish it on a blog is it possible without the CSF approval ? > > > My point is: > > "It's weird that a community contributed documentation cannot be used > > by the community without an approval." > > I'm love you guys and i'm ok with the cookbook, i just think its not > > fair that community contributed docs aren't under an open license > > http://www.free-culture.cc/ > > I think the need to eliminate confusion is greater than the need for > open content. Yeah so we disagree here :) -- Marcin Domanski http://kabturek.info --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
