Doc #52467 [NEW]: Bug tracker license unclear

From: Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Website problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Bug tracker license unclear Description: ------------ I'm sorry this is arguably a blatant abuse of the bug tracker, however, I have emailed group@php.net twice and received no reply, so I am continuing to make a good faith effort to contact the relevant people by reporting a 'bug' here. The 'bug' actually concerns this very tracker, which I have come to believe is a great little project, and one which deserves wider use. The problem is that its license is a bit ambiguous. I'm hoping somebody can could clarify it. I suppose it falls under the category of 'code' in the website copyright (http://www.php.net/copyright.php), so I know I am free to view and download it, as long as I don't remove copyright notices and so on. However, nothing is said about modifying it or creating derivative works. I'm hoping it might fall under the PHP license and thus that I am free to modify it and use it for my own purposes. Furthermore, I'm wondering if the developers would accept some contributions from me to make the tracker more 'distributable', i.e. easier for others to install, configure, etc., so it could be released as a package. I have some ideas for how to do this. I also have a patch or two for bugfixes. I need to know the appropriate people to discuss this with, though, and how to contact them. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52467&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52467&r=mysqlcfg