Re: The PHP License

AmirBehzad Eslami wrote: > Hi list, > > Below statement is borrowed from PHP License here[1]: > > 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@php.net. > > > Does this mean that saying this website is "Powered by PHP" is illegal > without a written permission? no. if you say "Powered by PHP" you are merely endorsing and/or promoting PHP itself and notsome derivative. the PHP group don't want you to create a fork of PHP and then go name it PHPFork or something like that. they don't like it when applications written in PHP use PHP in the application name, the reason being it gives the impression to the unwashed masses that said application is a product of or endorsed by the PHP group ... take for instance PHPBB - given the ammount of flak that project has had with regard to security flaws you can understand why the PHP group would like to distant itself from said project. that said the enforcement of this license requirement is patchy at best ... as the project named PHPBB illustrates, which makes me wonder in how far this particular requirement is enforcible and/or legally binding. basically if you have an application written in PHP and want to share it with the world it shouldn't be hard enough to come up with a catchy name that doesn't include 'PHP' in the name ... heck you were creative to write the code in the first place! rgds, Jochem > > > P.S. > 1. http://www.opensource.org/licenses/php.php >