Re: License Question

From: Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:42:22 +0000
Subject: Re: License Question
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On Thu Jul 17, 2003 at 03:2258PM -0500, Joe Stump wrote: > I'm creating an application that is closed source using PHP. > Specifically I'm using PEAR::DB and PEAR::Log (as well as Smarty) and I > was wondering what my restrictions were. > > AFAICS it's OK to use PEAR in closed source applications as long as: > > 1.) I'm not charging for PEAR > 2.) I'm not encrypting or encoding PEAR > 3.) I give the people I sell my application to a copy of the source and > license > > Am I correct? Smarty is LGPL, which allows me to distribute unmodified > versions of Smarty with my application. So my question is: How about > PEAR? This depends on the license of the package you want to use. But as both DB and Log are available under the PHP License, I don't see a problem in redistributing it under the conditions you already listed. -- - Martin Martin Jansen http://martinjansen.com/

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