Re: Contributing code
| From: | Ian Eure | Date: | Thu, 28 Nov 2002 00:06:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Contributing code | ||
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On Wednesday 27 November 2002 03:28 pm, Lukas Smith wrote:
>> {snip}
>
> both sound interesting enough ..
> yet this brings up the licensing issue again ...
>
> Stig .. in our last discussion you said something like "lets wait til
> monday" :-)
>
> I for one think that PEAR packages should have similar licenses to what
> PHP runs under. Especially no forcing of opening code that interfaces
> with the package.
>
My interpretation of the GPL is that code which uses shared libraries or other
component-style code designed to be reused and shared (as these are) don't
constitute a derivative work.
However, I'm happy to put it under the LGPL if there is a genuine issue with
GPL'd code in PEAR.
--
"das ist liebe, das ist hass / mit eifersucht vermahlen"