Re: midgard, was RE: [PHP-DEV] Legal solution: RE: [PHP-DEV] Non-GPL readline

They obviously can't distribute PHP under the GPL. And I wish they would just contribute whatever patches to PHP they think need so Midgard could use a vanilla PHP install. -Rasmus On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Sam Liddicott wrote: > 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 > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >