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Re: PHP License on PHP extensions



On Tue, 27 May 2014 14:18:05 +0200 Ondřej Surý wrote:

> Hi Debian Legal,

Hello!

> 
> I would like to raise the question of PHP License on PHP PEAR/PECL
> extensions again (<87oe86iy0x.fsf@vorlon.ganneff.de>).
> 
> There are quite a lot of extensions packaged under PHP License 3.01:
[...]
> and there seems to be some people
> filling RC bugs on PHP extensions (#728196).
> 
> And upstream authors generally don't care much since they don't
> understand the problem.

This is a matter of better explaining the issue to upstream authors, I
would say...

> 
> I do agree that packaging a non-PHP software under PHP license would be
> silly, but personally I also don't really see a problem with software
> distributed via pear.php.net and pecl.php.net (e.g. PHP extensions).

Personally, I *do* see problems with PHP-licensed software other than
PHP itself.

Actually, I am personally [1] convinced that even PHP itself is
non-free, but that's another story...

[1] beware: I am not a member of the Debian Project, I'm just an
external contributor, and I am aware that the FTP Masters disagree with
me on this point

[...]
> Could we perhaps amend that rule to REJECT only the non-PHP
> (non-PEAR/PECL) related software?

Taking what I said above into account, it should be no surprise that I
do *not* think this rule should be further relaxed.
This is my own personal opinion.


Bye.

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