Re: PHP4 Licensing
| From: | Zeev Suraski | Date: | Wed, 17 May 2000 23:46:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP4 Licensing | ||
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At 21:21 17/05/2000 , Gabriel Ricard wrote:
Who can I talk to about the PHP4 licensing issue?group@php.net
I am wondering why it has gone from being a GNU GPL compatible piece of software to a GNU GPL incompatible piece of software.Several different reasons, mostly because the GPL was too restrictive and not very friendly to commercial companies who wanted to invest resources in the development of PHP.
There are many technical advantages to PHP4 over PHP3 which I'd like to make use of, but due to the current state of its license, will not be able to.Why? I can't think of a single reason which would prevent you from using it, on the contrary. By the way, the license on PHP 3.0 has also changed and it is no longer distributed under the GPL. Zeev -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/