Also, I am assuming that people are being asked to pay for the help system and not for the manuals. Asking people to pay for the PHP manual delivered with any system might not be OK w/ the GPL license we have (or the OPL license we will have).
Just an opinion, and a tentative one at that as I am not a lawyer and do not understand exactly the application of GPL to manuals. IIRC, RMS mentioned that the original authors of a manual for an Open Source program can sell the manuals to finance the project, but no third parties. If on the other hand the PHP manual is being given free in this system, the problem will be non-existent. --- Andrew Lindeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO, this is not necessary considing the online > viewable manual is > available. Why confuse people by offering two > manuals with the same > data on the web site? If Windows users want to > download the CHM file, > it's readily available. Offering a CHM type manual > via the web doesn't > seem to have any benefits to me -- just yet another > thing to maintain > and build... > > --Andrew > > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 14:57, Ilkka Huotari wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have made a PHP manual solution, which some of > you *may* find interesting. > > > > It's a CHM manual, which is usable through the > web. Sure, in www.php.net, > > there is also viewable manual, but this is a bit > different in a sence, that > > this uses the CHM file (almost) directly. It > should look and feel jsut about > > the same, as viewing a CHM file on a local > computer. That means that it is > > also easy to put to any web site for viewing, if > some of you have such a > > need. > > > > The URL for it is: > > http://www.visiomode.com/help/ > > > > My web site states there that it is not free, but > I wouldn't send an email > > to this group to sell it. So, if some of you want > to use that help system > > for some purpose, please contact me and we can > talk about it further. > > > > I would be very happy, for example, to see it in a > working condition in > > www.php.net for everybody to use. As an > alternative help to the existing > > ones? > > > > Thanks, > > Ilkka > -- > Andrew Lindeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
