Re: php license

From	Bill B <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: php license
Date	2011-05-04 06:42 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 5/3/2011 10:05 PM, Aleks Kleyn wrote:
> when I setup MSI file from  http://us3.php.net/downloads.php web site, it
> shows license agreement which includes following text
>
> 3. The name "PHP" must not be used to endorse or promote products
>       derived from this software without prior written permission. For
>       written permission, please contact group@php.net.
>
>    4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor
>       may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written permission
>       from group@php.net.  You may indicate that your software works in
>       conjunction with PHP by saying "Foo for PHP" instead of calling
>       it "PHP Foo" or "phpfoo"
>
>
> Does it mean that I cannot use php files.on public web site?
>
> Thank you, Aleks Kleyn

The key here is the phrase, "products derived from this software." That 
is quite different from "scripts written with this software language." A 
product derived from PHP would be another scripting language. So the 
license agreement means that if you did derive another language from PHP 
(which the license agreement does not prevent you from doing), you could 
not name it "Another PHP", but you could name it KLEYN, or PENCIL or 
FLASHLIGHT or TABLE, etc.

Bill B

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