Re: readline extension status?

Zeev Suraski wrote: > Yeah, pretty much. Stallman is being a bit more strict than what he's > allowed by law, and says that you can't even distribute *source code* > that's compatible with GPL'd code. But as you can see from examples like > the DBM module, this approach has no grounds in reality. Regarding readline: I believe there is a Non-GPL plugin replacement for readline. Will search for it. > >Same here, I believe. The old MySQL license allows use of the > >old source under the conditions of that old license, but if > >you link against the new source, it is GPL. > > We would have gotten a free license from Monty even if this was under the > Microsoft EULA :) Good to hear that. I still suggest a LICENSE file with each extension subdirctory, listing the explicit license under which that extension is included/can be included into PHP. It was no fun going through freshmeat and/or the individual library CVSes to find a license file for them. Kristian -- Kristian Köhntopp, NetUSE AG Siemenswall, D-24107 Kiel Tel: +49 431 386 436 00, Fax: +49 431 386 435 99 Using PHP3? See our web development library at http://phplib.netuse.de/