midgard, was RE: [PHP-DEV] Legal solution: RE: [PHP-DEV] Non-GPL readline
| From: | Sam Liddicott | Date: | Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:02:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | midgard, was RE: [PHP-DEV] Legal solution: RE: [PHP-DEV] Non-GPL readline | ||
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Midgard, soon to use php4 is to be released GPL (according to their website
www.midgard-project.org).
How will this work; will it just be the patch to php4 that makes it INTO
migard that will be GPL, or midgard+PHP that will be GPL.
Either way it seems using this means EITHER
a) anyone could release a "very-similar" php product under GPL
b) Lack of GPL/LGPL license will spoil midgards plans
If (a) is true then I could GPL my copy of PHP and then use and GPL-non-LGPL
code I liked
If (b) is true then surely we need officialy a choice of license (or at
least project-midgard.org does)
Any opinions?
Sam