RE: [PEAR-DEV] Contributing code
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:45:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] Contributing code | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Eure [mailto:ieure@debian.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 1:07 AM
> To: pear-dev@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] Contributing code
>
> 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.
I think the LGPL would be much safer :-)
Regards,
Lukas