On 12/18/06, Mariano Iglesias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok I get your point: for any rule that's out there, there's a way to break > it. I can only imagine the unusual stuff that can be patented (I worked in a > company that patented a business concept in the US that was just about > putting stuff in a matrix, no real innovation in place.)
See? This is what I'm talking about. > But in this case, I believe that a company suing CakePHP because of (to > quote an example) its MVC implementation would sit a legal precedence that > no other framework / open source project would want to take up with. Jeez, > it will even piss of big players such as Apache, IBM and stuff. That means, > they will sit on your side of the chair. No small potatoes. How are "the big players" involved in CakePHP? Which brings me to another question: Can anyone point references to large companies that use CakePHP? You can reply to me in private if you wish not to reveal it in public (but why not reveal it?) This way I can get a list of large sites that use CakePHP and present it to my employer when I argue my case. > So is it possible? Anything is possible. What would be the outcome of such > litigation? One unscrupulous person with some money suing CakePHP, and us > getting on board with major players to avoid sitting a precedence that would > hurt all of the open source community. You can immediately figure out who's > gonna have second thoughts about getting into such nasty proceedings. > > I also believe that anything is possible. I mean come on, someone could > blame me for 9/11. But would it hold its ground? No way. > > I wouldn't have any second thoughts about using a project like CakePHP for > these reasons. Likewise for me. It is my employer who is having second thoughts about CakePHP. I even intend to use it to replace my aging custom MVC framework. I even work on modifications for CakePHP that makes it easier for me to do migration. I am training my junior developer to build his own CMS using CakePHP. In short, I *love* CakePHP. But reality puts a few things in the way for me. -- _nimrod_a_abing_ [?] http://abing.gotdns.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
