Re: Something about PEAR policy

On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: > "nathan r. hruby" wrote: > > > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Stig S. Bakken wrote: > > > > I think I have stated the issues I have with PEAR, if y'all would like to > > address those (or not, either way) great, I think they reflect the opnion > > of a lot of other PHP developers who would like to contribute but are > > scared or hesitant about giving their code to the PEAR group. Minimally, > > it should be note *somewhere* (and soon) that PEAR code doesn't need to be > > licensed under the PHP-2.02 license and that the group is working on > > philosphy and contributions are welcome. > > > > The PEAR code under the php4 distribution (/php4/pear) I think have to > be licensed under PHP-2.02. But the code under the /pear repository can > be any other open source license. In the future, all Pear classes will > be move off the php4/pear (only will stay the PEAR.php and the > installer), so I see no problem here. > > That is correct (as Stig explained on pear-general), but it is also not public knowledge, the situation is confusing, and some clarifiation with a note on the pear.php.net site would help matters a lot. -n -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- nathan hruby / digital statement nathan@dstatement.com http://www.dstatement.com/ Public GPG key can be found at: http://www.dstatement.com/nathan-gpg-key.txt ED54 9A5E 132D BD01 9103 EEF3 E1B9 4738 EC90 801B -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-