Re: Re: cvs: pear /PECL/smbc CREDITS IMPORTANT LICENSE Makefile.in config.m4 package.xml php_smbc.h smbc.c /PECL/smbc/tests 001.phpt 002.phpt

On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 08:14:00PM -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote about 'Re: [PEAR-DEV] Re: [PEAR-CVS] cvs: pear /PECL/smbc CREDITS IMPORTANT LICENSE Makefile.in config.m4 package.xml php_smbc.h smbc.c /PECL/smbc/tests 001.phpt 002.phpt': > > Mmh, It still all sounds a bit silly... - > > eg. "Samba Group grants permision for this library to be used and linked > > against PHP..", since the Samba Group retain the copyright in theory, > > they have the liberty to say how it can be used. > > Rasmus did you get anywhere with stalman on discussing these > > 'opt-outs', to solve issue like this??? > Yes, I have discussed this with him and this is a perfectly suitable > solution that he has no issue with. But, usually the people who develop > libraries and put them under the GPL do so because they do not want the > code to be re-usable under non-GPL terms, and by granting PHP permission > to use it they are opening themselves up somewhat. In this particular > case I believe the exposure to be minimal as there is no libsmbclient code > in the actual extension and the only thing required is a statement from > the Samba team that PHP is allowed to link libsmbclient against this > particular extension. I'll discuss it here (the whole samba team is currently together on a conference), Jelmer --