Re: [DOC-LICENSE] Need Permission/Clarification from you

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 13:02, Bari <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I made this thing -
> http://69.72.169.49/~iambaric/phpdoc/<http://69.72.169.49/%7Eiambaric/phpdoc/>
> to search & browse PHP Manual (which I downloaded in compressed format from
> http://www.php.net/download-docs.php). I made it for my personal use about
> 3months ago and it was in my PC. Today I uploaded it to check if it works
> fine online.

    It looks good, Bari.  I did notice, though, that Firefox 3 (the
only browser with which I viewed your site) requires the user to click
the button to submit the query, as opposed to just hitting ENTER.

> If I want to publish it in public what formalities I have to follow (placing
> links or other stuffs).

    In 2008, the official PHP documentation was reclassified under the
"Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported" license.  The full text of
the CCA3U license can be viewed online at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode .  The summary of
this license can be seen here:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

> Or am I allowed to publish such thing using your stuffs? If it is illegal
> then I will put it down. It will be big help if you send me reply.

    The simplest answer is yes, you can publish it just as you have
it, with no problem - as long as you follow these rules:

        * You must acknowledge that the original work was done by the
PHP Documentation Team
        * You must acknowledge that the PHP Documentation Team does
not endorse you or your work
        * The documentation, in its original form, remains the
Copyright and property of the PHP Documentation Team
        * You can relicense your work to a more restrictive license,
but can never claim ownership of the official documentation

    It's pretty much common sense.  So feel free to continue with your
project, and best of luck!

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