RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR and GPL (Was: [PEAR-DEV] Net_Geo_IP)
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:16:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR and GPL (Was: [PEAR-DEV] Net_Geo_IP) | ||
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> From: Joe Stump [mailto:joe@joestump.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:24 PM
> You can use GPL code in a closed source application as long as you
don't
> re-distribute that applications. For instance, if I created a custom
> shopping cart for my company using GPL software and did not plan on
> selling or redistributing it I would be in no legal danger.
>
> For PEAR, though, since I most likely would be trying to sell a cool
app
> built with an open source library I would not be able to use the GPL'd
> library code without forcing myself to open up my entire application.
>
> This should be included in the coding standards somewhere under
> acceptable licenses (ie. PHP and LGPL are ok, but straight up GPL is
not
> ok).
It is already.
Regards,
Lukas