[Typo3-dev] TER License Problem

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

This is easy to answer.

1. PHP is not licensed under GPL.
2. GPL does not require executed software to be GPL (see 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL)
3. Commercial software can be GPLed too. GPL does not disallow 
commercial software at all. Its main idea is that you must provide 
source code and you may not prevent people from distributing obtained 
software.

Dmitry.
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Martin Kutschker wrote:

 > Using an API makes a derived work.


There's a lot of commercial software written in PHP3 or that runs under 
Linux (even binary-only drivers) that somehow make me think different.

 > Your linking argument with the LGPL

 > is bogus. If a library (ie an API) is GPLed, any program that uses it 
must be *compatible* to the GPL *)


Can you please give me the exact sentence/paragraph where you read this 
in the GPL?

Alex