Re: Re-Releasing PEAR packages under the BSD license
| From: | Sylvain Beucler | Date: | Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:26:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re-Releasing PEAR packages under the BSD license | ||
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 11:04:51AM -0800, Justin Patrin wrote:
> On 12/15/06, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote:
> >Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> >> I think that there is an issue, admittedly not obvious, but that,
> >> using PHP professionally, I care about.
> >>
> >> Whether you agree or not, in any case, I still think it would clarify
> >> the situation to re-release PHPL'd packages under the modified BSD.
> >
> >Then we'll have to agree to disagree. This is inherently an issue with
> >the GPL, not with the PHP license. The Apache/PHP license allows
> >derived works with only a single restriction: use your own brand. I
> >really don't want to drop that as we have a constant battle trying to
> >fight perceived software quality issues and when software we don't
> >control use our brand it becomes impossible to manage.
> >
>
> I must say it seems pretty insane to me that 2 free and open licenses
> can't be used together because of such a simple requirement. I agree
> with Rasmus that this should not be a problem.
I definitely agree that copyright law is a mess and counter-intuitive.
This shouldn't be a problem indeed - but it is :/
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Sylvain