Robert has some interesting thoughts aswell here.
I just wanted to complement the stuff about securing your scripts.
Zend has Zend Encoder, rather expensive - and with windows GUI.
IonCube also has encoder, much more affordable, CommandLine.
www.zend.com
The first encodes and optimizes your code, and your server has
2 have the Zend Optimizer installed on its system for it to run. This
has shown in history to be complicated on some ISP, who never
gets their finger out and can install this. But usually, 4/5 it goes well.
www.ioncube.com / www.ioncube.co.uk
This one compiles and encrypts and optimizes (I think). It requires
a module installed on the server, but -> It can also run on most
modern apache systems where it installs on the fly (the decoder).
Ive just purchased the licence for this product myself, and it looks
really promising. Benchmarks on their page also shows that this
software accually beats the Zend Encoder, and the price is far better
to, :)
If you are developing some sort of software, you should always protect it
so that :
1) Your competitors / resellers doesnt fuck you over by "selling" without
you knowing it, or "fix" your code to fit their needs without you
getting
credit /payd for it.
2) Your customers doesnt play "developers" and try jerking your scripts,
which in the long run gives you alot of extra support time as the
scripts
go bugging out.
Happy programming!
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Kim Steinhaug
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"Dan Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Its like any program written in any language. You are licensing the
> product you created with the language, the functionality, the int
property,
> etc.. Stick a price on it, and sell it. There are some tools for
> protecting your source of the code too. Check www.zend.com, I don't
> remember what it was called.
>
> -Dan Joseph
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:28 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP] can I license a php script?
> >
> >
> > I am planning on writing a program in PHP and, hopefully sell it for a
few
> > dollars. Are there any licensing issues I should be concerned about when
I
> > distribute the program. What confuses me is, I'm not distributing PHP
only
> > code that uses PHP, so what am I to license, my intellectual property?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Chris
> >
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