Posted by J.O. Aho on 09/28/75 11:42

Kim Andr? Aker? wrote:
> m6s wrote:
>
>> Do I have to release the code when I create a PHP project, and sell
>> it? Or is it closed source?
>
> If you create the code from scratch without using licensed code (open
> source or otherwise), then I believe you can pick your own license type
> (open source, closed source, however you like it).
>
> However, if you use code extracts from another open source licensed
> project, then you'll have to release your own under open source as well.
>
> IIRC, the only way to make money on an open source project, is to
> charge for installation work and/or end-user support.
>

You can sell copies of the program, but I think most would just download the
source code (php script in this case) without paying.


//Aho

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