Re: Ethics question...

> There are no restrictions on that. In fact the license on PHP is > explicitly not the GPL for this very purpose. How does the license of PHP have anything to do whith the code that Shane has written (unless he is distributing his software with PHP, much as like an embeded system)? This hits back to a point that I raised that never got much attention from this list. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=97803110406749&w=2 (emphasis on the last 4 paragraphs) Shane, you should license your code how you feel fit. However, since PHP isn't a compiled language (yet) you will have to find a license that fits your needs while keeping in mind that your code has no choice but to be opensource. I forsee (hope), eventually (as happened with C and Java) other companies and groups (other than php/zend) to have interperters and compilers for PHP as a language. I would love to see this happen. I would love for it to be legal to free distribute machine code that was originally written in a language of my choice (PHP) and not be bound to Zend's licensing agreement. C eventually became open. Even (to some extent) Java has become open because there are enough choices of virtual machines -- not just Sun's any more. I would love to see openness (other than in source -- but yet a restrictive license) in PHP. My main point that I'm trying to make is that PHP is wonderful language. It is an okay technology. I say okay because it is bound under a restrictive license completely controlled by a single party. I want to see the language grow and flourish and the interpreters be many and great. > As for restricting the demo. I would suggest restricting it via a > license. Any serious customer is not going to violate a license in order > to save a couple of hundred bucks. I agree. Jeremy Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more Get your own Free, Private email at http://www.smackdown.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.JEEP-FOR-SALE.com/ -- I need a buyer