> Since the PHP manual is under the GPL all people around the world think,
> they can copy it and publish it in printed form. This is also the thinking
> mostly all PHP Group and Documentation members. But the publisher have
> now the copyright and this can us protect from distributing the manual as
> usual. Copyright law is not GPL.
The publisher cannot possibly have the copyright. The authors of the
documentation hold the copyright. I see nothing wrong with them printing
up the documentation. If there were to try to stop others from doing the
same, then we would have a problem. But until I see evidence of that I
don't see the issue.
-Rasmus