Re: [DebianGIS] pending issues
Niccolo Rigacci wrote:
Last time I checked it seemed that Chameleon requires a PHP with
--enable-dbase, but the Debian one was not.
The php-dbase module is probably still required by Chameleon, I'll let
Paul comment on that.
Now I do a rapid check and from debian/copyright.header inside
the php4-4.3.10 source you can read:
It was downloaded from www.php.net/version4/downloads
Changes: removed ext/dbase dir (non-free)
Doh! I was not aware that the php-dbase extension was not free. I wonder
if anyone from the Debian team ever tried to contact the author to ask
if he would be willing to release the package under a more open license?
For the record, here is the license text that comes with the DBF package
that php-dbase uses:
DBF - xbase manipulation package
Copyright (c) Brad Eacker, 1991, 1992, 1993
Permission is granted to distribute and use the source,
documentation files and/or compiled binaries associated with dbf
for non-commercial use. No charges may be made for such
distributions.
This notice and a all documentation must be passed along with
all distributed copies.
No responsibility is taken for any errors or inaccuracies
inherent either to the documentation or the code for this
program, but, if reported to me, an attempt will be made to fix
them.
Author: Brad Eacker
beacker@sgi.com
A search for "dbase non free" (and a few variants around the same
keywords) in the PHP bug tracker returned no result, so it is quite
likely that the PHP team never got reports of that issue. I have entered
a new bug about this: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34152
Daniel
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