Package: php4-pear-log Followup-For: Bug #331418
Hi all, I personally contacted [0] the upstream author, Jon, with no response at this moment. I am going to wait a bit longer in order to give the time to manage the situation and eventual mail queue. Sorry for delay. This blocks the upload of newer releases. Cheers SteX [0] Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:22:50 +0100 From: Stefano Melchior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bug #331418: php4-pear-log: ELICENSE - licensed under non-free "The PHP License, version 2.02" Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-URL1: http://www.stex.name X-URL2: http://etinarcadiaego.dyndns.org X-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Registered-Linux-User: 324592 X-OS: Linux etinarcadiaego.dyndns.org 2.6.8-1-386 X-Fingerprint: F478 0583 A292 F652 AF35 A9CE 8967 931A D52D F829 [...] [-- The following data is signed --] Hi Jon, I am a bit frustrated because I can not image what to do with the problem in object. Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reported a bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331418 which stops my Intention to upgrade the package for Debian, since there is a License problem. Can you please explain if it is a real problem, or if your intention to maintain/use this license is compatible with the package? Joerg stated: "Package: php4-pear-log Severity: serious Sorry, but the license doesnt really fit the package. You have a php addon thing, using PHP license 2.02, but unfortunately for you this license cant really be used with anything else than PHP itself. It always only talks about "the product PHP", not about software. And "php-whatever" isnt really "PHP" from the PHP group. Point 5 in the older version 2) is also an advertisement clause. Bad thing which is usually discouraged. And, at the end there is the following text: ------------------------------------------------------------------- This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals on behalf of the PHP Group. The PHP Group can be contacted via Email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information on the PHP Group and the PHP project, please see <http://www.php.net>. This product includes the Zend Engine, freely available at <http://www.zend.com>. ------------------------------------------------------------------- I doubt that your package is made "on behalf of the PHP group". Or that it includes the Zend Engine. As a good solution for this I suggest to talk to your upstream. Looking at the license they choosed they do want to make it available for everyone, so I suggest to use either the original BSD license or the LGPL. The other solution is to reassign this bug to ftp.debian.org requesting the removal of this package." What do you suggest to do? Is it possible from the php4-pear-log team to get BSD license or LGPL, instead of PHP one? Please answer. Thank you SteX -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-386 Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
