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lgpl [2009/12/18 21:17]
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===== Use in commercial projects ===== ===== Use in commercial projects =====
-The licence does not "infect" other software you use with PHPTAL, so it's safe for commercial use.+The licence does not "infect" other software you use with PHPTAL, so it's safe for commercial (closed, for-profit) use in PHP applications.
-  * You **can** use it in commercial projects.+  * You **can** use it in commercial applications.
  * Your website and your templates **remain your property** and are unaffected by the license.   * Your website and your templates **remain your property** and are unaffected by the license.
-  * You **can** redistribute PHPTAL with other projects, even if the projects are not open-source. +  * You **can** redistribute PHPTAL with applications, even if they're not free/open-source.
 +  * You **can** charge money for PHPTAL customisations and you can even [[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html|sell modified versions of PHPTAL]] (although you cannot forbid redistribution).
-You only have obligations if you modify PHPTAL files and redistribute them (and sending HTML from the server doesn't count as redistribution).+===== Your obligations ===== 
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 +**You only have obligations if you //redistribute// PHPTAL** (give PHPTAL's source code to others). Sending of PHPTAL-generated HTML from a server doesn't count as redistribution.  
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 +  * If you //modify and redistribute// PHPTAL, then your modifications of PHPTAL's code (and only PHPTAL's code) become LGPL-licensed.\\ However, if you always keep PHPTAL only on your server, then you're allowed to keep your modifications secret. 
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 +  * If you redistribute your application to others with PHPTAL built-in, it must be possible to modify PHPTAL part of the application. If you use copy protection (encryption/obfuscation of PHP files), don't apply it to PHPTAL files. 
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 +  * Don't remove license (''COPYING'' file) from PHPTAL copies you give to others.
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