Re: [PDO] Re: PDO 2: Request for Comments

Steph Fox wrote:

I don't currently have cvs commit privileges on php.net. If I ask for access purely on the principle of freedom to enhance the code, would I be granted those privileges? Probably not. So does this mean that PHP is not open-source?

What gives you that impression?

Of course it doesn't mean that PHP isn't open-source. Perhaps I'm being too subtle. Some folks have claimed that by placing restricting on who can commit changes to a project, this makes the project not open-source. I was attempting to show that this is false logic. I observed that php.net also places some restrictions and conditions on who can commit, and what contributions can be committed. Not only by the mechanism of CVS privileges, but also as a development process, reviewing and vetting the changes. Obviously, PHP is open-source, so therefore it is false that restricting who can commit makes a project not open-source. That's my point. That this particular argument against the CLA for PDO is not supportable, and PHP itself is a counter-example. I do not advocate forking any code. Regards, Bill Karwin