Re: Public Scripts in a commercial product

Uhhh.... but you really should ask the author too. ;-) Jim Grill Support Web-1 Hosting http://www.web-1hosting.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tech Support" <jgrill@web-1hosting.net> To: "Chris Boget" <chris@wild.net>; "PHP General" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Public Scripts in a commercial product > There are many types of licensing and it really depends on what the author > licensed it under. Most are GPL. Normally the first few lines of the LICENSE > file typically included with the dist will explain the details of the > license. If there is not one always assume that if you use any part of it in > a commercial work you must also provide the original source code and the > original license. This does *not* mean that you have to include *your* > source code, but only the original source code. Some licenses are even more > free than that but that is the standard. > > Jim Grill > Support > Web-1 Hosting > http://www.web-1hosting.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Boget" <chris@wild.net> > To: "PHP General" <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:29 PM > Subject: [PHP] Public Scripts in a commercial product > > > > If someone is going to be using scripts that they grabbed > > from a public forum (PHP Builder, PHPClasses, etc) in a > > commercial product (that is going to be compiled with the > > Zend encoder and released), what is the protocol, if any? > > Do you have to get permission from the author or anything? > > I've read a bit of the GNU Public liscence but I didn't come > > away knowing any more than went I started reading it. So > > I figure I'd ask here where I'm sure many of you have this > > type of experience. > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >