On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:00:51 +0200 Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> Hi, I'm packaging a PHP C extension, that was licensed under the LGPL,
> but is now under the PHP license.
>
> it was unofficial, but is now listed on PECL[1] and the lead
> developper has an @php.net address, and is member of the PHP Group.
> That makes the product a product of the PHP Group.
Probably.
>
> I've read the thread about PHP license 3.01 in february, and had the
> impression that the consensus was that that license is acceptable for
> things that come from the PHP Group. is that still the case, can I
> upload the new version ?
As you may have read in the thread you're referring to (I don't know
which of them, as there are quite several), I don't agree.
I believe that PHP license version 3.01 does not comply
with the DFSG, even when applied to PHP itself or to PHP Group software.
The problematic clause is #4.
Moreover, when the license is applied to anything else (that is to say,
software not provided by the PHP Group), a bunch of additional issues
appear.
Unfortunately, it seems that really few people here are able to see what
I perceive as a clear non-freeness.
Moreover the result of the discussions seems to be that several bugs
were *closed*, while the license is still unfixed... :-(((
Please, see
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/10/msg00124.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/10/msg00127.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/01/msg00056.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/01/msg00066.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/01/msg00339.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/02/msg00013.html
and the rest of the corresponding threads, for more details.
In particular, my analysis of the PHP License version 3.01 can be found
here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/11/msg00271.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/11/msg00272.html
I would like to explicitly (re)stress that this analysis is my opinion
only and didn't gain wide consensus on debian-legal.
Nonetheless, I didn't get a satisfactory rebuttal.
Consequently, I believe this issue is still open and undecided.
I would really *love* seeing this issue solved once and for all, since I
think that PHP is a really important piece of software and should be
made DFSG-free for the benefit of the community.
[...]
> Please Cc: me on debian-legal, I'm not subscribed.
Done.
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