Re: Sources licensed under PHP License and not being PHP are not distributable
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- Subject: Re: Sources licensed under PHP License and not being PHP are not distributable
- From: Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:01:06 +0200
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Hi,
Steve Langasek:
> And yes, there are PHP extensions that are not distributable in binary form
> because of this license. But relicensing *the extension* changes nothing
> about this, they are *still* not redistributable as part of Debian because
> they're linking GPL code into PHP which is and will remain GPL-incompatible.
>
Right, but this is about the strange way some people apply the PHP license
in general, not GPL violations by specific extensions.
Please stay somewhat on topic here.
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-- Matthias Urlichs
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