Re: Re-Releasing PEAR packages under the BSD license

Hi, Sylvain Beucler wrote:

I am working on GPL'd PHP code, and I would like to use some of the fine PEAR packages in my projects (for example, http://gna.org/p/savane and http://gcourrier.cliss21.com) :) However, I read that the PHP license that some packages use is not compatible with the GNU GPL due to details in the license specific to the PHP engine itself (1). This means I cannot legally use a PEAR package such as QuickForm or Structures_DataGrid in my GPL'd app :/

BTW, I looked at MySQL's bug tracker application, Eventum, and it bundles several PHP-licensed PEAR packages while being GPL-licensed itself. If folks at MySQL AB who are, let's put it that way, great experts at GPL and its loopholes feel that it's OK, then there is probably no reason to worry.