Re: Re: PHP License question

From: Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:15:13 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: PHP License question
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On Friday 13 February 2004 01:27 pm, Ben Ramsey wrote: > <snip> > In addition, as a special exception, Ben Ramsey gives permission to link > the code of this program with those files in the PEAR library that are > licensed under the PHP License (or with modified versions of those files > that use the same license as those files), and distribute linked > combinations including the two. You must obey the GNU General Public > License in all respects for all of the code used other than those files > in the PEAR library that are licensed under the PHP License. If you > modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the > file, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, > delete this exception statement from your version. > </snip> > > Since certain PEAR packages are licensed under the modified BSD and LGPL > licenses, then this exception does not need to be made for those > packages; these licenses are already GPL compatible. > > Thus, I can release my application under the GPL and satisfy its > requirements to include the PEAR packages licensed under the PHP license. > So to clarify. If I have a piece of code that utilises PEAR's Tar class (which uses a PHP License). In order for me to distribute my piece of code (under the GPL) along with the Tar class, I have to include this "exception" along with the normal GPL'ed notice in my code?

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