Re: Proposal for license change

On 03/04/2014 16:15, Stuart Dallas wrote: > 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 > Hi, Do a Google search for 'musicdenotation@gmail.com license change' and you will find many more projects have been the target of such license change requests. So come on, what's your motivation? Ian --