Re: Could some kind soul review these patches please.

From: Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 01:08:12 +0000
Subject: Re: Could some kind soul review these patches please.
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> At 02:56 14/12/2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > >But it is less blatant. The PHP+Zend license that PHP ships under is > >incompatible with the GPL. Shipping a module alongside a package that > >the module is not allowed to be linked into doesn't work. > > > >The PEAR license, once PEAR gets separated from PHP would not have the > >Zend clause and would thus be compatible with the GPL. > > Huh? That's wrong as well - the BSD license which PHP uses is incompatible > with the GPL. Just like the APL is incompatible with the GPL. It's either > we go back to the GPL (which we won't), or we face the consequences. The > Zend license plays no role here. With the dropped advertising clause the APL is compatible with the GPL. -Rasmus

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