Re: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 22:13, Chris wrote: > Why wouldn't I be able to charge for the software? > > Quoted from the GNU General Public License: > "When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our > General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedo

RE: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Chris W. Parker
Chris on Friday, November 14, 2003 7:13 PM said: > Why wouldn't I be able to charge for the software? [snip] Sounds good to me! :) Chris. -- Don't like reformatting your Outlook replies? Now there's relief! http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/

Re: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Chris
Why wouldn't I be able to charge for the software? Quoted from the GNU General Public License: "When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge

RE: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 18:54, Chris W. Parker wrote: > Robert Cummings > on Friday, November 14, 2003 1:34 PM said: > > > Be careful though, if your code incorporates other peoples code, for > > instance Smarty, or PEAR::DB then it may fall under their license. For >

Re: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Hi Kim, You do raise a lot of valid points about protecting your software. However we must also keep in mind that over protection makes a software very difficult to use. Unless we balance the two there will not be any sales. Kim Steinhaug wrote: Robert has some interesting thoughts aswell here.

Re: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Eugene Lee
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:54:33PM -0800, Chris W. Parker wrote: : : Robert Cummings : on Friday, November 14, 2003 1:34 PM said: : : > Be careful though, if your code incorporates other peoples code, for : > instance Smarty, or PEAR::DB then it may fall under their

RE: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Chris W. Parker
Robert Cummings on Friday, November 14, 2003 1:34 PM said: > Be careful though, if your code incorporates other peoples code, for > instance Smarty, or PEAR::DB then it may fall under their license. For > instance if your code "depends" and I believe the key here is

Re: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Kim Steinhaug
oo. Check www.zend.com, I don't > remember what it was called. > > -Dan Joseph > > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:28 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] can I l

RE: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 16:33, Dan Joseph wrote: > Hi, > > Its like any program written in any language. You are licensing the > product you created with the language, the functionality, the int property, > etc.. Stick a price on it, and sell it. There are some tools for > protecting your s

RE: [PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Dan Joseph
x27;t remember what it was called. -Dan Joseph > -Original Message- > From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] can I license a php script? > > > I am planning on writing a program in PHP and

[PHP] can I license a php script?

2003-11-14 Thread Chris
I am planning on writing a program in PHP and, hopefully sell it for a few dollars. Are there any licensing issues I should be concerned about when I distribute the program. What confuses me is, I'm not distributing PHP only code that uses PHP, so what am I to license, my intellectual property? Th