+1 They are perfectly reasonable requirements. It doesn't limit the use of the software, nor does it limit redistribution of the software, provided you distribute the disclaimer with it, and phrase that the way the PHP group demands. Given dat requirement 6 states a clear disclaimer, it even makes sense to include it in the redistribution. Moreover, requirement 6 does not, in any way, limit you in using the software. Since PHP can be gotten without any payment, it is free, as in free beer, but also as in free of no strings attached. That the requirement states that you must include the origin, and availability of the source, is in no way restricting your freedom. It is in that respect very much like the GPL, which requires you to send the license along with the distributed software. Remember requirement 6 only applies to the PHP software itself, not to any script you make, written in PHP. (Requirement 3 applies very much to the scripts written in the language PHP) And like Lester says, if you do not like the demands, do not distribute the software. Jasper Requirement 3 only inhibits the use of the name PHP, in an advertorial use. You can't use the name for commercial purposes. Op 26 jan. 2014, om 13:25 heeft Lester Caine <lester@xxxxxxxxxxx> het volgende geschreven: > > Both clauses are perfectly reasonable in the absence of a legal entity that would be able to do things otherwise and we would not want someone to take 'legal ownership' simply to keep some lawyers happy ;) > ( IS there a legal owner? Does Zend hold some ownership, or only of the Zend name? ) > > Many open source projects do not have an 'owner' in the eyes of the law, and so other steps have to be taken to get around that fact which both of these clauses do. Otherwise one ends up with the problems that MySQL has being sold around! > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
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