Re: [DOC-LICENSE] Clarification on the manual license in regards to distribution

Hi Gabor,

I understand the corrections you've mentioned, but the problem is, that the 
"About"-box is very tiny in this dictionary system, so would it be okay if 
I put all Copyright information in a specific page, and then in the 
"About"-box wrote where they could find that page, as in, which dictionary 
word would show this information?

It's the only way I can think of, that would enable me to have all 
copyright information from you, in the dictionary, since everything is just 
so much smaller on the Palm. Also, I'm going to make an eReader version of 
it as well, where the transfer will be more direct, seeing that's a form of 
eBook, instead of a dictionary form. However, I will make sure all pages 
are transferred to both formats, unaltered.

Best regards,
Tristan Bendixen


At 13:41 03-07-2004, Gabor Hojtsy wrote:
>Hi Tristan,
>
>>I'm currently creating a version of the PHP 4 documentation for the 
>>RoadLingua dictionary system for handhelds (http://www.absoluteword.com). 
>>This is primarily for personal usage, but since I figure there might be 
>>others who could use it, I would like to ask if I'm allowed to distribute 
>>the dictionary as freeware, as long as I make sure the copyright 
>>information is in the file?
>>Currently the early version of the dictionary that I've made so far, has 
>>the following notice in the "About" box for it:
>>PHP 4 Manual.
>>Copyright (c) 2003 the PHP Documentation Group
>>(RoadLingua Version by Tristan Bendixen)
>>I hope I'll a clear reply to my inquiry, since I will only distribute it 
>>with permission from the author(s) of the manual.
>
>I have just found your request on my TODO list, and it seems you have been 
>forgotten. The copyright statement is not correct. First it should link to 
>the copyright file included in the manual. The "PHP 4 Manual" title is not 
>correct, the current manual contains notes for PHP 3 and PHP 5 too, so 
>"PHP Manual" is correct. The year is not right, it should be the same 
>range as in the copyright section of our manual (not only 2003). Apart 
>from that you are free to redistribute our manual in case all the pages 
>are available in the distribution without modifications.
>
>Regards,
>Gabor Hojtsy