License for php/ mysql

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I know I've seen this discussed but can't seem to find the right search
term. Is a online retailer using -say zen cart or some other open
source store front required to have php or mysql license?

Is it required of the host? Say they have it on their server?

The legalease is less than reader friendly for my 'reading level'...

Thanks!

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Re: License for php/ mysql

spam_only_pleas e@comcast.net wrote:

I know I've seen this discussed but can't seem to find the right
search term. Is a online retailer using -say zen cart or some other
open source store front required to have php or mysql license?
>
Is it required of the host? Say they have it on their server?
>
The legalease is less than reader friendly for my 'reading level'...

Both are open source, and you're free to use and distribute both as
long as the copyright notice remains intact. Neither requires you to
purchase a license, as the license is open source. The companies who
develop and support the PHP interpreter and MySQL database server
applications earn their money by offering additional support and
services for the server owners/administrators who don't want to bother
too much with reading manuals.

Those who develop PHP scripts (such as a shopping cart) can make up
their own license/contract as they see fit (and if they use code from a
third party, include license terms from that third party).

As the first answer from the PHP License FAQ reads:

We cannot really stop you from using PHP in the name of your project
unless you include any code from the PHP distribution, in which case
you would be violating the license. But we would really prefer if
people would come up with their own names independent of the PHP name.

And from another question in the PHP License FAQ:

Q: The Zend license says I may not charge money for stuff I sell along
with Zend. Does that mean I cannot sell PHP scripts or web sites that
I build?

A: No. Not at all. This clause only concerns software built around
the Zend scripting engine library, not scripts that PHP executes,
using that library. You are free to distribute PHP source code you
write freely or commercially, without any concern about the PHP or
Zend licenses.

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