RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Protection"

This was actually the point I was trying to make with my last post. It doesn't matter what you distribute, if you have a written agreement in place, they need to pay or you have legal grounds to sue them for payment. If you have an agreement for them to purchase open source code from you, then you give them the code, they give you the money. If they don't give you the money, that's theft - akin to taking a car from a lot and not paying for it. Thanks for saying that more succinctly, Dave. Jason Soza ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman@outbackqld.net.au> Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2002 3:47 pm Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Protection" > > > Complain all you want about having to distribute source to > > customers with PHP (the free version, that is), but if you > > were willing to pay hard cash for an answer to your problem, > > it seems to be available at http://www.zend.com/. The > > deployment software, on the surface, promises to protect > > source code. Does anyone on this list have experience with > > this tool? > > I'm not the one complaining. I'm comfortable writing php that I hand > over to my clients. I have legally binding agreements in place to > dealwith non-payment etc. In the end I'm also comfortable with > open source > - if someone wants to take the code they paid me to write and do > something else with it then that's entirely their choice and I > wish them > well. > > My point is that trying to implement self-destruct code and the > like is > implementing a technical solution to a non-technical problem. It's > inappropriate. > > As you point out as well, if you're that uncomfortable with giving > someone else your code then use the zend compiler and give them > bitcodeinstead. It's your choice. > > CYA, Dave > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >