[Pierre, note the note for you at the bottom.] > > That is not true. Read carefully the change in wording that they > > introduced: "This product includes PHP software, freely available from > > <http://www.php.net/software/>," which would be absolutely true, even in > > the distribution of a single package. > > How does such a single package include the PHP software? > > Or do you mean that "PHP software" should be understood as > "a piece of software in the PHP language"? Then I agree with > you, but it seems kind of confusing. Note the delta from the previous version: - "This product includes PHP, freely available from - <http://www.php.net/>". + "This product includes PHP software, freely available from + <http://www.php.net/software/>". "PHP software" should NOT be understood as "a piece of software in the PHP language" as you propose, but rather as software distributed by the PHP Group at http://www.php.net/software/. In other words, this license is still not acceptable for software that is not available from the PHP Group at http://www.php.net/software/. > I also do not understand why the PHP group would want to say > that > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PHP DEVELOPMENT TEAM ``AS IS'' > since it's the authors of the package that provide the package. Again, this licence is intended for software distributed by the PHP Group at http://www.php.net/software/. It is obviously unfit for other software. > Perhaps it would be better to have the disclaimer talk about > the authors instead of the PHP development team? Right now, > only the PHP team gets the benefit of the disclaimer, not the > authors of the software. > > IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PHP DEVELOPMENT TEAM OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE > LIABLE FOR ANY ... DAMAGES Good point. I am CCing Pierre on this issue so that he can bring it before the PHP Group. But I don't see this preventing Debian from distributing Pear packages licensed under the new PHP License. Charles -- A Christmas hug A birthday kiss Awaits The woman Who gives this Burma-Shave http://burma-shave.org/jingles/1955/a_christmas_hug
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