Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote:
>
> afasfasf sfasf wrote:
> >
> > my real name is Angriawan, I am indonesian in Jakarta.
> > I'm studying in university in Jakarta with study
> > program Computer Science, in one more year i will get
> > my Bachelor.
> >
> > The translatation that i means is i want to translate
> > some part of PHP Manual such as language reference,
> > dan some functions references(Variabel, Array, Mysql,
> > IMAP,Date and Time, mathematics, mail and HTTP).
> > I'm Not fully translate from contents in PHP Manual
> > into indonesian language , some will be edited by my
> > self such as the examples , i will use my own
> > examples.
> >
> > So.. is it difficult to have the license.??
>
> right now the manual is under both the GPL and the
> PHP License. both of these have a focus on code,
> not on documentation so that they do not really
> apply to the manual
>
> there are other licenses out there that especially
> deal with documentation issues, right now i can think
> of two different ones both called OPL in short form
> and a GNU thing ...
>
> whatever license we will chose in the end, i think we
> will perhaps end up in the spirit of the GPL here,
> which i in your case would sum up as:
>
> go along, translate and publish, as long as you
> contribute your changes to the phpdoc projects as well
>
> (and don't be afraid that making your stuff free will
> harm sales, it will most likely be the other way round
> making people buy the book instead of printing out
> the manual themselves)
>
> egon, do you agree?
No, if afasfasf is only translating some parts off the manual and
doesn't give the editors and authors some credit.
Yes, if afasfasf will start a translation effort at php.net and join as
a translator the PHP documentation group
-Egon
