Re: PEAR and GPL (Was: [PEAR-DEV] Net_Geo_IP)

On 17 Sep 2003 at 10:44, Christian Stocker wrote: > On 9/17/03 10:37 AM, Stig Bakken wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Christian Stocker wrote: > > > > > >>Hi > >> > >>Just because noone else mentioned it until now ;) > >> > >> > >>>It is documented and because it's basically a straight port its is > >>>released under the GPL, same as the perl module. > >> > >>GPL is a problem for PEAR. > > > > > > Strictly speaking GPL is a problem only for extensions, not PHP > > code. > > Did you ever got an answer from RMS concerning this issue? > > AFAIK, I can't use GPL packages in non-gpl scripts, right? But if > you're refering to distributing it with the PEAR infrastructure, > you're (IMHO) right, that it isn't a legal issue. Hmm, so you say we need something like the LGPL which allows you to use the class / component / ... even in non-gpl-software? Okay, I see the problem with GPL. So distribution via pear would be okay, but you aren't allowed to use it in anything non-gpl. Hmm - and this would also lead to problems with possible package-interdependencies etc. A real problem, yes. So as Pierre outlined maybe we shouldn't use GPL- code in PEAR. Stefan