Re: Can a PEAR package rely on an external PHP script

2008/6/16 Martin Jansen <martin@divbyzero.net>: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Jonathan Street > <jonathan@torrentialwebdev.com> wrote: >> 2008/6/16 Martin Jansen <martin@divbyzero.net>: >>> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Jonathan Street >>> <jonathan@torrentialwebdev.com> wrote: >>>> It would be possible to port the external class to a PEAR package but >>>> the specification is frustrating to work with and I would prefer to >>>> avoid this if possible. >>> >>> If you have already implemented the spec in PHP, what is the real >>> problem with porting it to PEAR? Usually this only involves adjusting >>> method names, comments, indentation and such. >> >> The external class wasn't created by me and I suspect there would be >> some resistance in changing the license to something more PEAR >> friendly. My understanding is that porting the functionality to PEAR >> would require a complete rewrite to avoid any copyright issues. > > Which license is it? Or isn't it Open Source at all? > > Martin > The authentication class is for the Windows Live Delegated Authentication service. They provide a sample php implementation. The license is at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb226715.aspx The class to fetch data is for the Windows Live Contacts API. Cheers, Jonathan