Originally posted by weekender oh, i'm halfway through a java app for uni and i feel a prank forming in my mind so here it is. I email php nobber and say i've heard he is a programmer and i need a simple php site scripting. I will pay over the odds to get it done on schedule, but all code must be free to use / open source / whatever as I can't afford any licensing problems in the future. then we await the reply...
and post it on slashdot? </evil grin>
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Y'know the thing I found really funny is that it was posted to a VMS ng.....
Originally posted by dalecosp Y'know the thing I found really funny is that it was posted to a VMS ng.....
Methinks comp.os.vms isn't moderated 🙂; I just wish the laddie hadn't broken the thread with the original post or we'd have known what it was originally about.
Hey,
You mentioned something about 'breaking off the thread' so thought I would post this if you missed it:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=4008031a.2618703%40news.cable.ntlworld.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fselm%3D4008031a.2618703%2540news.cable.ntlworld.com
Originally posted by piersk <sweeping generalisation> Well, the fact that he uses ntl should have given that away </sweeping generalisation> I posted a reply. It said that it would take about 9 hrs for it to come up on the page, so keeo an eye out...
WTG, Piersk! And a good link, too.... 🙂
Originally posted by Schwalbach Hey, You mentioned something about 'breaking off the thread' so thought I would post this if you missed it: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=4008031a.2618703%40news.cable.ntlworld.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fselm%3D4008031a.2618703%2540news.cable.ntlworld.com
No, I didn't miss it; I was referring to http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=4006feaf.3276015%40news.cable.ntlworld.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D4006feaf.3276015%2540news.cable.ntlworld.com
LMAO! :p when will some people get with it... and good reply piers!
Ok, just in case anyone wants a link to my reply, take a look here
You know, I was just refreshing my memory of what the PHP license actually says, and I noticed that - unlike the GPL - it doesn't require you to make the source code to it or derived products available. Kind of refreshing, that. Ditto for Zend itself, which is no doubt why that particular decision was made (Zend Studio is closed source).
The PHP license is derived from the (modified) BSD license, I suppose. At least it runs on similiar lines.
So does that mean that, technically, PHP is not open source.
However, this still doesn't affect what the guy on the newsgroup was saying, since he has the wrong end of the stick about what open source actually means.
Nope, considering that the modified BSD license is an open source license, and the PHP license is listed as one as well.
onrightclick = "alert('This software is not open source mwahahaha');return false"
Haha that made my day good effort 🙂
Have they not heard of "View source" or simply the disabling of javascript?
Well, you can always print a hardcopy of your HTML and JS, then lock it in a safe. Should be pretty closed after that :p
I don't see the big deal with JavaScript...but ActiveX is scary...
13% of users supposedly have JS turned off.
Originally posted by Moonglobe 13% of users supposedly have JS turned off.
Probably another 18 percent can't see meaningful error messages 'cause they deleted their "teddy bear" icons....
😃 😃
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Originally posted by piersk So does that mean that, technically, PHP is not open source.
No, PHP itself is still open source - it just means that software derived from it can be closed if the owners of the derived software so wish.
You know how smart the average person is? By definition, half of 'em are dumber than that.
