Bug#727085: Now we don't depend on the weird libevent patch
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 12:03:38AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:
Not really, in my opinion.
I think it's a valid rejection reason for anything that is not the
reference PHP implementation published and copyrighted by the PHP Group.
Personally, I consider the PHP License non-free even for PHP itself,
but that's another story:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/11/msg00272.html
Just to clarify, since Paul may not be accustomed with Debian's
structure or your involvement: this is your opinion but you're not a
member of the Debian project and you're certainly not the decision maker
for DFSG-freeness.
The maintainer (and, possibly, sponsoring Debian Developer) is the first
line of defense, and ultimately the decision is up to the ftp-master
team[1] as part of the power of processing the NEW queue and accepting
packages into Debian, a power that is delegated from the project leader.
PHP is in the archive and is licensed under the PHP License to my
knowledge, so the current ftp-masters' stance is that it's a perfectly
acceptable license for inclusion into Debian.
There is zero evidence suggesting that HHVM is not going to be accepted
in Debian for the licensing reasons that you stated and there is, in
fact, evidence to the contrary. Please avoid suggesting so -or if you
do, explain that you're not part of the decision process- and possibly
frightening perfectly good upstreams, or asking them to do more work,
especially when they've proved themselves to be very willing to
collaborate with us.
Regards,
Faidon
1: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/FTPMaster
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