Bug#172781: Re[2]: ITP: nanoweb -- A smart modular web server written in PHP

[Szilveszter Farkas <info@psoftwares.hu>]

hi there!

SL> The license listed is GPL.  PHP is GPL-incompatible.  You cannot
SL> distribute GPL software together with GPL-incompatible software that it
SL> depends on without a license exemption from the copyright holder of the
SL> GPL software.  See the history of KDE in Debian, and the recent handling
SL> of OpenSSL in main, for precedent.

i think you've lived in a cave for the last two years... about 90% of
the php scripts are licensed under the GPL. just to mention some,
which are already included in debian: postnuke, phpnuke,
phpmyadmin,...

SL> It is not legally clear that just because someone has written a GPL
SL> component that depends on GPL-incompatible components, they intend to
SL> permit the distribution of these components together.  For example, you
SL> could not run components of the GNU system without non-free software for
SL> the first seven years or so of its existence, but the GPL was
SL> nevertheless written to prohibit distributing the GNU software together
SL> with proprietary Unixes.

i know a person who tells us every week the same: rms... i agree with his
point of view, but please read the above note.

SL> In addition, the concept of a webserver written entirely in PHP is
SL> utterly abominable, an example of total programming putrifaction.  I
SL> expect this code to be so inherently unmaintainable that its very
SL> presence would warrant an RC bug.  As a DD and as a user of PHP, I
SL> would ask that this package not be uploaded to Debian.

and as a debian user i expect the debian developers to be
broad-minded. i don't think that an open source community memeber
should be so conservative. all new developments/ideas should be
welcomed... and this project really shows that php isn't just a web
scripting language from now on (and you'll see that php 4.3 and 5.0
will support client-side scripting more).

i think with your mentality you shouldn't call yourself a 'postmodern
programmer'...

best regards,
szilveszter farkas (aka. phanatic)