On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Joe Orton wrote:
> 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.
The idea why this is in is that we don't want other people making money
of our work, without having to contribute their updates/changes back to
the project. I don't see anything wrong with this statement. Also, the
documentation was former under GPL which was and is a totally WRONG
licence for documentation.
Derick
--
"Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those
that read the future by examining animal entrails."
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