Re: Zend API changes

From: Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 08:39:35 +0000
Subject: Re: Zend API changes
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[Björn Schotte <bjoern@baer.main.de>] > * Zeev Suraski wrote: > > There's a good starting point already, people are more than welcome to > > extend it. > > I don't understand why people should work in their spare-time > on a tool which is published under the Zend Licence (which is > similar to QPL). As we know of QPL, all developer's seem to > be equal, but some seem to be more equal. > > As you know from Daniel Grossmann, I'm not the only one > who has this opinion. Although I would not use the same tone, I completely understand why some people feel this way. Since the Zend engine is not "pure" open-source, IMHO Zend Ltd. have a bigger obligation to the PHP community to document all of the API than if Zend carried, say, a BSD license (because then it'd be more natural for the community to chip in). - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@fast.no> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway

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