On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:35:29AM +0200, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > >Hi folks - I noticed that the new PHP documentation licence elects to > >use this option of the OPL: > > > > Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document > > is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright > > holder. > > > >This is a significant restriction over the previous licence, and is not > >in the spirit (if not the letter) of the Open Source Definition/Debian > >Free Software Guidelines: that modification is unrestricted is an > >important part of free software. > > > >Would you consider removing this option? > > Is the documentation software?
Obviously not, though I find it hard to convince myself that the principles of free software should not also apply to free documentation--hence the question. Regards, joe
