[SLUG] PHP License

2000-11-25 Thread Jason Rennie
Hi all, I overheard recently at a committee meeting that the license for PHP was not GPL compatible. Could somebody tell me in what way ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] PHP License

2000-11-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
Licensing is a full topic. But just because its no gpl compatable doesnt mean it requires a license. Speculatively i would say you might not be allowed to create derived works from it. It may also offer some warranties *doubt*. Its not hard to break "compatability" with GPL considering how open

Re: [SLUG] PHP License

2000-11-25 Thread Jason Rennie
Its not hard to break "compatability" with GPL considering how open GPL is (well, it keeps things open, the BSD licenses tend to give more freedom) Actaully it is really easy to break GPL compatabiltity. Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More

Re: [SLUG] PHP License

2000-11-25 Thread Jeff Waugh
less /usr/share/doc/php4/copyright First off, there's an acknowledgement (advertising) clause, plus, the Zend engine is licenced under the QPL. I'm sure you can find a few descriptions of the QPL around the place. :) The Zend engine is specially licenced to the PHP Association (couldn't they