Bug#727085: hhvm / hiphop-php: will it be rejected by Debian due to inappropriate licensing?
merge 570709 727085
thanks
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Francesco Poli
<invernomuto@paranoici.org> wrote:
> I've just stumbled upon your ITP bugs about hhvm and hiphop-php.
>
> First of all, are these two bugs about the same piece of software?
> Should the two bugs be merged?
The bugs were left separated so users can find it with both names
(HHVM and hiphop-php). But well, merging now.
> This piece of software seems to be interesting: thanks for working
> on its inclusion into Debian.
Sure, but it seems it won't make it. libevent 1.x needs a real
maintainer. Until now, I don't see Facebook takes any step towards it.
Is there any update, Paul?
> I have a concern, though.
> If I understand correctly, this project is an interpreter or (JIT)
> compiler for the PHP language, but is not PHP itself (that is to say,
> it's not the reference implementation of the PHP language, developed
> and copyrighted by the PHP Group).
> Nonetheless, it is released under the terms of the PHP License v3.01
> and the Zend Engine License.
Good catch. The original bugreport (#727085) states BSD licensing as
well, but the source tree shows PHP License v3.01 only.
> I would strongly recommend to persuade the copyright holder (Facebook,
> Inc.) to re-license under more general DFSG-free terms, such as the
> 3-clause BSD license: https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
>
> Please let me know.
It's up to Paul if he can make it inside Facebook.
Regards,
Laszlo/GCS
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