Re: License for Windows binaries

From: Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:40:10 +0000
Subject: Re: License for Windows binaries
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Cristian Rodríguez wrote: > 田中 裕一 escribió: >> Hi all, >> >> Could anyone tell me the license of the binaries and source code placed here? >> http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/ >> >> I am developing a commercial package software using PHP and I will build >> libraries and PHP my own. >> Is it ok to use Visual Studio project files in these zip files >> (http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/source/) >> or these binaries (http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/php-libs/) >> for our commercial product and distribute our product with those binaries? > > there is no restriction on using PHP in commercial products, as long you > comply with PHP license > > http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt > > you must also comply with the legal requirements of the needed libraries. Well, the binaries probably include c runtimes under liberal MS license. They might be kind and give you mysql and a host of other GPL features under a very restrictive license. PHP's license is, as Cristian says, very liberal and you have nothing to worry about until you link to something ;-)

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