> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Garfield [mailto:larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:26 AM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: How php works? > > On Tuesday 19 December 2006 02:12, Robert Cummings wrote: > > > > Is that why the PHP License is non-GPL compatible, or is there a > > > different reason for that? (That's always bugged me, personally.) > > > > PHP and license has less restrictions... it is not viral. You can for > > the most part do as you please with the code. > > That's nice. It's also not what I asked. I asked what it was that made > it > GPL-incompatible. He did answer the question. The PHP License doesn't enforce many restrictions on what you can do with the code. For example, you could modify it (or not) and sell it without the source if you follow the restrictions in the license. The GPL specifically doesn't allow that of course, so that's why they are incompatible. http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
