Re: LGPL Question
| From: | Nikita Popov | Date: | Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:40:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: LGPL Question | ||
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On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 6:04 PM Jordan LeDoux <jordan.ledoux@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm fairly certain that it is compatible, however I wanted to double check.
> Can LGPLv3 sources be included with the PHP source or is the PHP License
> incompatible?
>
In principle, it is compatible. We do bundle one LGPL 2.1 library (libmbfl).
Having LGPL licensed code may affect downstream users though, e.g. someone
shipping a proprietary version of PHP will be required to build mbstring as
a shared extension, to ensure that the LGPL licensed code portion may be
substituted. For that reason, I don't think we can accept LGPL licensed
code in any required PHP components (that are always statically linked).
Generally, not having LGPL licensed code is strongly preferred.
Regards,
Nikita