#23944 [NEW]: mbstring *uses* LGPL sources making the entire PHP released under LGPL.

From: hyamamoto at cybozu dot co dot jp Operating system: Any PHP version: 4.3.2 PHP Bug Type: mbstring related Bug description: mbstring *uses* LGPL sources making the entire PHP released under LGPL. The current implementation of mbstring uses two Lesser GNU General Public License (LGPL) sources. As LGPL does *not* allow derived softwares to be released under license terms other than LGPL, the entire PHP sources must be released under LGPL rather than PHP license. Alternatively, we may separate mbstring from the main PHP archive until it becomes LGPL-free. # As you may know, LGPL *does* allow their sources as # just (dynamic link) libraries. But mbstring itself # makes use of LGPL sources as its internal utilities. The sources are: 1) ext/mbstring/mbfilter*.{c,h} for multibyte character conversion. 2) ext/mbstring/mbregex.{c,h} for multibyte regular expression. Thank you. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23944&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23944&r=gnused