Re: cvs: php4 / LICENSE

Joao, > IMHO the same does not apply for phpMyAdmin that is written in the PHP > language. Can you please take a few moments and clear this issue ? the PHP License is a contract that grants a contracting party rights above and beyond the copyright law. In particular, the license allows anyone agreeing to the terms of the license to redistribute PHP. Without agreeing to the license, redistributing PHP is illegal under most western copyright statutes. Now, if you aren't taking advantage of the special rights granted by the PHP License, ie. you are not redistributing PHP or any piece of code under the PHP License, you have no obligation whatsoever to abide by the conditions set forth in the license. As phpMyAdmin (to name an example often mentioned in the discussion) doesn't distribute any part of PHP, modified or otherwise, there is nothing that can make them abide by the sections 3 and 4 of the license. The only potential protection the PHP Group has against the use of the name "PHP" by projects that don't utilize PHP source code is the trademark law. Someone from the group can comment on the status of PHP trademarks in various jurisdictions. mk