[snip] Yes, I think it would be a good idea to make *PHP free*. IMHO, one company has now too much control in it, it's not good for the language in general. Unless, of course, you are willing to put the encoding feature into PHP core by default. [/snip]
This statement demonstrates a lack of understanding on your part. PHP is free. Completely free. It costs nothing. Nada, zilch, zero. It is not owned by any company or induhvidual. There are acknowledged leaders in the community. Zend does not control PHP. Zend has just invested a lot in the technology. If PHP went away tomorrow Zend would focus their core on something else. Likewise if Zend went away tomorrow PHP would continue to grow and evolve. Putting an encoding feature into the core of PHP would require actions by those developing PHP, which you can take part in. Right now there are several encoders available from other sources and it is up to each induhvidual/team/organization to decide a. do we need to encode? and 2. which encoder do we want to use? Just like you can choose to use MMTurke or Zend Encoder or another encoder. What is so hard to understand about this? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
