I am working on a PHP script that I plan to sell without giving the user the abi

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I am working on a PHP script that I plan to sell without giving the user the ability to distribute it to anyone else.

I have heard about GPL being viral and I have quite a few libraries that are being used in my script that are under the GPL. (for example : jquery, phpthumb etc)

Does this mean that if a user who has bought my code can freely distribute it because a part of my code is under GPL so it becomes viral and my whole project becomes GPL ?

Can i not use any GPL code in my project ?

Thanks for any help.

Explanation / Answer

If you use GPL code in your project, you have to release it under the GPL license. For more informations, see gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. However, JQuery is also licensed under the MIT license, which is more permissive, and you can purchase a commercial license for phpThumb.

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