Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor > | may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written permission > | from [EMAIL PROTECTED] You may indicate that your software works in > | conjunction with PHP by saying "Foo for PHP" instead of calling > | it "PHP Foo" or "phpfoo" > > This starts as a name-change clause, but then goes beyond and forbids an > entire class of names for derived works (any name having "PHP" as a > substring, minus some exceptions). > This is overreaching, IMO, and makes the clause non-free. [...]
I think it's near the border, but just acceptable, because it's fairly trivial to work around in the few cases it affects. It sucks, though. 2-clause BSD or a narrower attribution clause would be better, but I've other fish to fry. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
