Licensing Question

[eluser]ShoeLace1291[/eluser]
My friend and I are starting a website offering services to local businesses charging them x number of dollars per month. I asked my friend if we should develop the site with CodeIgniter and he said that the licensing doesn't allow for something like that. Is this true?

[eluser]Jondolar[/eluser]
This question has been answered 12.5 times in this forum (give or take). My interpretation is that you can develop anything you want for commercial reasons with CI with no requirements for contribution or linkbacks.

[eluser]kgill[/eluser]
Why not read it yourself? <a href="http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/license.html">http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/license.html</a> See anything in there that says you can't charge? CI has a very simple license, I have no idea how it could confuse anyone.

[eluser]BrianDHall[/eluser]

Permitted Use
You are permitted to use, copy, modify, and distribute the Software and its documentation, with or without modification, for any purpose, provided that the following conditions are met:

1.A copy of this license agreement must be included with the distribution.
2.Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice in all source code files.
3.Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
4.Any files that have been modified must carry notices stating the nature of the change and the names of those who changed them.
5.Products derived from the Software must include an acknowledgment that they are derived from CodeIgniter in their documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
6.Products derived from the Software may not be called "CodeIgniter", nor may "CodeIgniter" appear in their name, without prior written permission from EllisLab, Inc.

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In short, you friend is pulling facts directly from his...err, hat.

[eluser]ShoeLace1291[/eluser]
[quote author="kgill" date="1254635772"]Why not read it yourself? <a href="http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/license.html">http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/license.html</a> See anything in there that says you can't charge? CI has a very simple license, I have no idea how it could confuse anyone.[/quote]

Fuck off. the point of this topic is so I don't have to read the entire thing and to get a quick answer.

[eluser]mrwilson1[/eluser]
There's a lot to be said about thanking people when they help you, and not burning your bridges behind you.

[eluser]kgill[/eluser]
You see the 6 lines Brian quoted, that's the entire thing. You've likely spent more time on this thread than you would have actually reading it. That said, here's a tip which you'll probably ignore but I'll give it anyway... If you're starting a business things like ensuring legality are actually worth doing yourself because when you're getting sued, "some guy on the internet told me it was ok" won't get you very far.

[eluser]BrianDHall[/eluser]
[quote author="ShoeLace1291" date="1254809386"][quote author="kgill" date="1254635772"]Why not read it yourself? <a href="http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/license.html">http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/license.html</a> See anything in there that says you can't charge? CI has a very simple license, I have no idea how it could confuse anyone.[/quote]

Fuck off. the point of this topic is so I don't have to read the entire thing and to get a quick answer.[/quote]

Wow, you're an ass. According to my word-processor the entirety of the license agreement for CodeIgniter is 2,511 ASCII characters, or 380 words, or 28 lines.

I generally leave flaming to my past...but damn, if reading 380 words is too big of a deal for you then I suggest you change career paths to something that does not require literacy or effort.

...falling down, perhaps. No, you have to stand up first - go for 'sitting'.

On the upside, we're all now well aware of the fact that you want other people to do your work for you. Good luck with that.