Re: [phplib] License issue: using PHPLib in an application From: Peter Bowyer (reywob <email protected>)
Date: 08/10/01

At 01:00 PM 8/10/01 +0200, Kris wrote:
>Information about the QPL can be found at http://www.troll.no,
>specifically at
>http://www.trolltech.com/products/download/freelicense/. Troll
>is no longer using the QPL, as Qt is now GPLed. The QPL lives on
>in other projects, though.

I didn't realise that they weren't using it any more. I like the QPL
because it doesn't allow forking, something I prefer because I want people
to contribute back to the original code base rather than take my code and
modify it. If they want to make a PHP-Nuke module out of my code then
fine, but the code has to be distributed as a patch, which means they
cannot pass the rest of the code off as their own, and also stops too many
competing projects occurring, as is happening with PHP-Nuke. PHP-Nuke is a
good example of why I believe the GPL is bad: too many (very) similar
projects using its code (Post-Nuke, phpWebSite, myPHP-Nuke etc) sharing too
few developers - think how it would develop if they all worked together
instead...

The QPL is a little more restrictive than I would like, but I cannot find
anything else which prevents forking.

Comments?
Peter.

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