Re: Proposal for license change

On 3 Apr 2014, at 15:56, musicdenotation@gmail.com wrote: > And since nobody owns PHP and it is intended to be truly open and accessible to all, does it > even make sense to restrict use of the PHP name and require permission from an entity? > In any case, may the US and UK trademark laws protect you. :) Why does this matter so much to you? Are you so desperate to call your product/project "PHP Whatever" that you really can’t accept that the PHP licence is not an accident? As far as I know that clause exists to prevent any confusion over whether PHP (i.e. the community) has had any input in to or has endorsed a particular product/project. It’s that simple. And the only reason I can think of (which doesn’t in any way mean it’s the only reason that exists) for why you care so much is that you want to imply such a connection. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/ >> On Apr 3, 2014, at 20:26, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote: >> >>> On 04/02/2014 06:54 PM, Kris Craig wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Sharon Levy <slevy1@pipeline.com> wrote: >>>> Why does the PHP project continue to be without any kind of corporate >>>> sponsorship in contrast to the opensource project Ubuntu which is backed by >>>> Canonical? If the PHP project were to have a company supporting it, >>>> wouldn't it be better protected? And, with a company backing it wouldn't >>>> the issue of acquiring a trademark then be feasible? >> >>> And if the company's shareholders decide they want PHP to go in a certain >>> direction, what then? I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea. It just >>> makes me really, really nervous. I'm not sure a trademark and funding >>> would be worth giving-up our independence. >> >> Right, not being beholden to any sort of corporate entity is very much >> on purpose. Nobody "owns" PHP and at the same time we all "own" PHP. >> That is the only way to keep PHP truly open and accessible to all, for >> better or worse. >> I also think you underestimate the hassle involved in getting (and >> protecting) a Madrid-protocol international trademark for a 3-letter term. >> >> -Rasmus >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> 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 >