Re: License Choice: RE: [PHP-DEV] readline extension status?
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 28 Dec 2000 18:17:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: License Choice: RE: [PHP-DEV] readline extension status? | ||
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> Why not delegate the whole problem to the users;
> permit PHP4 to be accepted under the choice of PHP License or GPL.
>
> Those who accept it under GPL will have all the GPL constraints but be
> allowed to use GPL modules and re-distribute tho' constraining those who
> take it.
>
> Those who take PHP License cannot use GPL (only LGPL) but won't have such
> constraints on use.
>
> I really don't see it as a complex issue for PHP developers as they are the
> *flexible* ones.
Unfortunately that isn't quite the case. You wouldn't be able to use the
Zend engine in a GPL'ed PHP without a drastic change to the Zend License.
-Rasmus