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Re: php license [message #173785 is a reply to message #173769]

Wed, 04 May 2011 22:14

VanguardLH
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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(at)php(dot)net.

You cannot use PHP to build yet another programming language. That is,
PHP cannot be the base for your new language without first getting
permission. If you want to build something atop of PHP, like PHP-Plus,
then you have to ask because the founders of PHP probably don't want the
quality of their product polluted with bad projects that build up from
PHP as their base.

If you want to use their codebase for their PHP product in your
derivative product then you need permission. Writing scripts that rely
on their interpreter to execute is NOT stealing the code of that
interpreter.

> 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor
> may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written permission
> from group(at)php(dot)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"

You cannot use "PHP" in the product's title. Something like
"PHPfantastic" is a no-no. Just because you use PHP to code your
product doesn't grant you permission to use "PHP" (as a distinct
reference) in your product name. "SLOPHP" for something related to HP
would be okay, however.

This is like a trademark. A similar story is Radio Shack who
trademarked the "Shack" product and company name. I remember one store
named "CD Shack" that lost the legal fight (the court proceedings lasted
all of 3 days). "PHP" is already a product name. You can't call your
product "Microsoft Word Lite" because you aren't Microsoft and Word is
*their* copyrighted code. You could use "Thin Client for MS Word". One
says MS Word is your product (and it is not) while the other says your
product is for use with someone else's product.

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		php license By: Aleks Kleyn on Wed, 04 May 2011 02:05
		Re: php license By: P E Schoen on Wed, 04 May 2011 02:42
		Re: php license By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 04 May 2011 18:01
		Re: php license By: me on Wed, 04 May 2011 10:42
		Re: php license By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Wed, 04 May 2011 10:51
		Re: php license By: Aleks Kleyn on Thu, 05 May 2011 00:33
		Re: php license By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Thu, 05 May 2011 07:56
		Re: php license By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 05 May 2011 17:23
		Re: php license By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 04 May 2011 15:51
		Re: php license By: VanguardLH on Wed, 04 May 2011 22:14
		Re: php license By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 05 May 2011 16:10
		Re: php license By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 05 May 2011 19:20
		Re: php license By: VanguardLH on Thu, 05 May 2011 19:50
		Re: php license By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 05 May 2011 20:30

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