Re: php5 beta
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:22:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: php5 beta | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Moriyoshi Koizumi wrote:
> Sorry for being too late here.
>
> Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote:
>
> > We also need to sort out the mbstring license mess. We cannot distribute
> > code that is under the LGPL and modified by us. The relevant clauses from
> > the LGPL:
> <snip>
> > We do not meet a) and c) here. Specifically mbregex and mbfilter* have
> > this problem. The code in them is under the LGPL and we have modified
> > these files.
>
> mbstring PHP interface is released under PHP license, but mbfilter and
> mbregex are distributed under the LGPL. And yes, we have modified
> them significantly.
>
> I'll come up with a BSD licensed alternative of the regex library, and
> regarding the mbstring facility, I'm planning to replace with the code
> much integrated into PHP as I mentioned before. Then give me some time :)
Ok, good to hear. When you are doing this, try to make sure they are
backwards compatible with 4.3 as well.
-Rasmus