Re: License Choice: RE: [PHP-DEV] readline extension status?

At 21:38 28/12/2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:

It does have something to do with the subject. It was suggested that we let the user decide and dual-license PHP again. Let's ignore whether or not that makes sense for now.

Look, I have better things to do with my time than have stale arguments about licensing issues. I'm sure you do too. I don't think that you can say something like 'lets ignore whether or not that makes sense for now', because due to the fact this doesn't make sense, everything that you build upon it is pretty much meaningless.

I said we could not use the GPL because of the Zend License. You said the PHP license itself made it impossible. The PHP license obviously does not make this impossible as it is pretty much a do-whatever-you-want license as you stated.

That's totally wrong - the serious problem is actually the PHP BSD-style license, which renders each and every restriction of the GPL useless. Adding the GPL on a dual license basis has as much meaning as adding the MS EULA on a dual license basis. At any rate, lets stop here, and if necessary agree to disagree. Zeev -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> CTO & co-founder, Zend Technologies Ltd. http://www.zend.com/