Re: How php works?

On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 15:20 -0600, Richard Lynch wrote: > On Sat, December 16, 2006 6:24 am, Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 19:58 +0800, Kai Xiang wrote: > >> On 12/16/06, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > >> > (*) > >> > Actually, if somebody wants to embed the ZE inside of something > >> other > >> > than PHP, then I think Zend expects to get paid for that. > > > > I don't think so... the PHP and Zend licenses are quite liberal with > > very few restrictions. Namely that you don't call your software php or > > use php in the name (something many packages seem to ignore (either > > that > > or they got permission)). The Zend license is practically a clone of > > the > > PHP license with a search and replace for PHP to Zend :) There's > > nothing > > that says you have to pay to embed it in your own software. That said, > > if you make a product that uses either the PHP or Zend engine and > > makes > > oodles of money, I think you should feel somewhat morally obliged to > > give back in some way. > > Put it this way: In 2000, if somebody wanted to embed the ZE in a > commercial product, Zend was planning on charging for it. I dunno > what their license for the ZE reads like today, and I wasn't > authorized to speak on this topic for them then, much less now. Hmmm, seems a tad risky upgrading software over a 6 year timespan without ever checking that the licenses haven't discretely added a "we own your immortal soul" clause :| Unless of course you're still using PHP 4.0 or whatever was around back then (I'm guessing you're not since you seem a fairly reasonable sort :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'