Re: Licensing and errors when loading module

On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 18:20, Jelmer Vernooij wrote: > Hi! > > I've written an SMB Client (Windows/Samba file sharing) module for > PHP4/Pear. The module uses libsmbclient, which is published under the > GPL. > > The FSF site states that the PHP license is incompatible with the GPL > and it should thus be illegal to load GPL'ed DSO's in PHP? The pear > site states that pecl modules can be 'all open source licenses'. That > would include GPL'ed modules. There is also currently a GPL'ed module > (muscat or something) in pear. Does loading GPL'ed modules into PHP > violate the GPL ? The GPL puts restrictions on linking. Whether "linking" includes dynamic loading of libraries seems to depend on Stallman's mood. My opinion is that "linking" describes _only_ what is done to assemble the binary, and that the GPL does not stop you from doing this. - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken, Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway http://pear.php.net/wishlist.php/ssb