merge 570709 727085 thanks On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Francesco Poli <invernom...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
