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

Hi, > > This should be included in the coding standards somewhere under > > acceptable licenses (ie. PHP and LGPL are ok, but straight up GPL is > not > > ok). > > It is already. I think it's not. Quoting from http://pear.php.net/manual/en/faq.licenses.php: ---snip--- What licenses are allowed in PEAR/PECL? [...] To make it short: Any Open Source/Free Software License. [...] Here are a subset of the licenses that are on both lists: [...] GPL [...] Note that for PECL extensions that are linked into PHP, the license must be compatible with the PHP license. That means you can not GPL a PECL extension or you would be violating the GPL. Note also that if you write an extension that links against a GPL'ed library you will be violating the GPL. If you need to link against a GPL'ed library, get permission from the author of the library. ---snip--- Thus, GPL is currently listed as an acceptable license for non-PECL packages. Regards Christian