On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:05:37 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > I'll quote it entirely for future reference.
My comments follow. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > The PHP License, version 3.01 > Copyright (c) 1999 - 2005 The PHP Group. All rights reserved. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a sort of name-change clause (permitted by DFSG#4) *if* the license is applied to PHP itself. It's really inappropriate for anything that is *not* PHP itself (especially when the copyright holder is not the PHP Group). > > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor > may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written permission > from [EMAIL PROTECTED] You may indicate that your software works in > conjunction with PHP by saying "Foo for PHP" instead of calling > it "PHP Foo" or "phpfoo" When the license is applied to PHP itself, this starts as a name-change clause, but then goes beyond and forbids an entire class of names for derived works (any name having "PHP" as a substring, minus some exceptions). This is overreaching, IMO, and makes the clause non-free. This gets even worse when applied to anything that is not PHP itself. [...] > 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following > acknowledgment: > "This product includes PHP software, freely available from > <http://www.php.net/software/>". This clause forces redistributors to lie, *if* the license is applied to anything that is neither PHP itself, nor "PHP software" (actually available from <http://www.php.net/software/>). OK for PHP itself and some other software, non-free for anything else. > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PHP DEVELOPMENT TEAM ``AS IS'' Once again false for anything not provided by the PHP development team. [...] Ah, I forgot the last part: I'll quote it now... | This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many | individuals on behalf of the PHP Group. Again false for anything not made on behalf of the PHP Group. | | The PHP Group can be contacted via Email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | For more information on the PHP Group and the PHP project, | please see <http://www.php.net>. | | PHP includes the Zend Engine, freely available at | <http://www.zend.com>. This is irrelevant for anything that is not PHP, but it now does not harm (thanks to the minor fix). -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...................................................................... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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