Re: something I noticed re:licenses.
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:50:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: something I noticed re:licenses. | ||
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> > Actually what I said was that everything in PEAR should have the same
> > license. I don't really care which license that is. I would prefer an
> > Apache-style license like the PHP one.
>
> I was wanting a bit of clarity on this actually, if there are any license
> gurus out there ...
>
> If PEAR were released under the GPL, any code that uses it would also have
> to GPLed; is that right? If it is, then it pretty much rules out GPL as a
> viable single-license for PEAR... otherwise, is there any way to avoid my
> code coming under the GPL, if I wish to distribute it?
The LGPL would be more appropriate then. I'd still prefer an Apache-style
license though.
-Rasmus