Re: Proposal of the libpurple binding
| From: | Antony Dovgal | Date: | Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:16:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal of the libpurple binding | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.pecl.dev |
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On 11.11.2007 22:01, Anatoliy Belsky wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm working on the PHP binding for the libpurple
> http://pidgin.im,
> an im library. As far as I know, there is no PHP instant messaging
> extension right now. The purple extension will give a possibility
> to use irc, msn, icq, yahoo and much more protocols directly from
> PHP.
>
> Because the libpurple is under GPL, the purple PHP extension will
> be under GPL too. (I'm no a lawer and if it's in some way possible,
> to release it under PHP license, let me know).
I'm no lawyer either, but to my knowledge GPL extensions are not allowed in PECL.
The reason is that PECL is a part of PHP project, which mostly uses Apache-like PHP License,
and GPL extensions would conflict with it.
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Wbr,
Antony Dovgal