Re: PHP Company

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, PHPers.com wrote: > I'm currently in the process of setting up a company offering > PHP solutions (http://www.phpers.com). > The solutions will mainly consist of websites/e-Commerce/m-Commerce etc. > using PHP and MySql. The company will NOT provide 'PHP Source' > distribution or bundled software (we are currently looking into setting > up a php.net mirror). > Are there any guidelines/legal issues regarding using this name as a > business ? We don't, as of yet, have a trademark on the name, so we cannot prevent you from doing this. But as the clause in the license states: 3. The name "PHP" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact group@php.net. we certainly discourage people from using "PHP" in names of products. Never really considered company names, but they fall under the same umbrella. Like I tell everyone who asks me about this. Please choose a name that stands on its own merit and build your own brand instead of using ours. -Rasmus