Re: [PHP4BETA] Byte-coding or protecting

>On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, operator wrote: >> What is the general feeling about people trying to keep their code secret? >> I mean, here is PHP, an awesome tool that is open source, as well as >> apache, and all the libs and helpers and API all just given to us for the >> common good. And then there are peoplke who want to use those free and >> open tools to create closed and proprietary programs. If PHP and Apache >> were like that then hardly any of us would even be here. >> >> To me it seems rude to try to lock up your code. >> What does anyone else think? > >I think that you need to wake up and smell the coffee, so to say. :) >This is not an idealized world where all the software is free and so on. >I don't see anything wrong with people using PHP to create commercial >software that they want to sell. Free software is able to be charged for under the GNU License: "When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price." -- See http://www.php.net/license.html PHP is able to be used in commercial development. However it should subscribe to the principles it aspires to, and not facilitate 'code hiding'. This may mean a different business model needs to be adopted, which has already been successfully done elsewhere. > >-Andrei > >Some people try to achieve immortality through their work, others >through their children. I hope to achieve immortality by not dying. >-- Woody Allen > >-- >PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net > email: angus@redgum.com.au email: angus@ieee.org email: angus@acm.org fax: +61 8 89711221 http://redgum.com.au