Romain Beauxis wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:03:31 -0400, Michael Schultheiss > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PHP 3.01 is still GPL incompatible. There's also many people under the > > impression that the PHP license is only valid for code from the PHP > > Group. To solve the license issue, a GPL compatible license needs to be > > chosen. http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/ lists numerous GPL > > Compatible Free Software Licenses. > > But who said we need a GPL compatible licence ?
The 3 Debian bugs cc'd remain open due to incompatible licenses. > This issue is getting on my nerves now, so please stop throwing > pointless issues. Debian can accept software packaged under PHP > licence 3.01 provided that they ship only php-related files. > > I you have a doubt, look at php5's package licence. Debian accepts PHP licensed code if it's from the PHP Group. > *So* I have prepared a pakcage shipping *only* this pear package and > uploaded it to new. It's still stuck there, but I hope that since the > licence is cleared, it will be accepted. > > Now my question was wether there was something I didn't figured out in > *this* scenario, not yet another occasion to feed the troll on GPL vs. > PHP licence. My whole involvement in this issue is due to the license incompatibility and the release critical bugs in two of my packages due to that license issue. I'm not trying to troll, I'm trying to resolve issues affecting my packages and the software teams I'm part of. -- ---------------------------- Michael Schultheiss E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
