Re: php_ssdeep Fuzzy Hashing Extension

Hi, I have contacted the author and copyright holder for ssdeep, Jesse Kornblum, and he has stated that the original code he modified to make ssdeep is a package by Andrew Tridgell called spamsum ( http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/junkcode/spamsum/ ). This original source is dual licensed under the GPLv2 or greater and the Perl Artistic License. This means that Jesse could licence ssdeep under the Perl Artistic License for the purposes of this extension. Is this a more suitable license and would this scenario suit the PECL guidelines? Thanks, Simon On 7 September 2010 11:36, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Simon Holywell <simon@holywell.com.au> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have recently written my first extension to make use of the API >> exposed by the GPLv2 licensed ssdeep project > > > As stated in our account request page, GPL licensed libraries binding > can't be used with PHP and can't be accepted in PECL. > > Cheers, > -- > Pierre > > @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | > http://www.libgd.org > -- Simon Holywell http://www.simonholywell.com