Re: [PECL-DEV] Debian request to change the PHP license for Extensions
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de> wrote:
>> Am 27.06.2014 09:56, schrieb Ferenc Kovacs:
>>> I think they just consider our license troublesome for exts as it seems too
>>> specific for php-src, and they only want to avoid possible license
>>> infringement.
>>
>> Just keep the scope of any possible PHP license change in mind.
>>
>> You got one player, a consumer/redistributor, that developed a hiccup
>> only recently. And, you have many, many other players that arranged
>> themselves with todays PHP license over so many years. Licensing changes
>> affect not only consumers but also all contributors.
>>
>> Any change would make literally hundrets of legal departement happy and
>> evaluate your ideas. Those legal departements begin their analysis on a
>> blank sheet of paper. They will not bother much, if at all, about the
>> input you got from your legal advisor.
>>
>> In a perfect world, you could do some tiny text changes to the license
>> without much hassle. In reality, this is a monster topic. Any rush can
>> cause massive harm.
>
> Amen.
>
> And it cannot be done without asking every single contributor. Let say
> it is an impossible task at this point, or very very hard.
Keeping in mind that the only actual issue we had in the PHP License
was fixed in 3.01.
--
Pierre
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