Re: Plz help me about pear license

On 4/19/06, Pierre <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:43:45 -0700 > papercrane@gmail.com ("Justin Patrin") wrote: > > > On 4/18/06, le minh <minhlt82@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm a user of PEAR. Can I use PEAR for commerce project? Plz > > > explain for me about PEAR license ! > > > > > > > There is no PEAR license. Each PEAR package is licensed under one of > > many licenses. Check the packages you want to use, then check their > > licenses. You should be able to use any PEAR package in your > > commercial product as long as any changes you make to PEAR packages > > are freely available. > > All licenses allowed in PEAR allow commercial usages, without > restrictions. > It's not without restrictions. Some of the licenses, such as LGPL, stipulate that if you make changes you have to make them available. You're certainly free to use PEAR packages, unaltered, within your applications and keep your applications "closed" source. Once you alter the code, though, you have to check the license for your responsibilities. -- Justin Patrin