Re: PHP scripts and the GPL/other licenses

And they aren't, that is our main issue... So with the GPL, someone can change say...10 lines and rename the scripts and distribute it as their own? Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leif K-Brooks" <eurleif@buyer-brokerage.com> To: "Jeff Lewis" <jeff@hyrum.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP scripts and the GPL/other licenses > They're doing nothing wrong as long as they distribute the source under > the GPL. > > Jeff Lewis wrote: > > >I am wondering if anyone out there has some really good references in > >regards to scripts distributed as open source using the GPL. In the last > >three years that I have worked on open source projects I have seen several > >people "steal" a program, change the name and then try to distribute it as > >something else. > > > >So I am wondering what people here prefer to use for a license, is there > >anyway to combat these kinds of people, etc. > > > >Why do I ask now? Because it has happened again, only this time, the person > >is actively marketing this "new" script. > > > >Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The above message is encrypted with double rot13 encoding. Any unauthorized attempt to decrypt it will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >