Re: Licensing of things within PEAR
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Mon, 08 Jan 2001 03:48:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Licensing of things within PEAR | ||
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> This is why I would suggest dual licensing all of PEAR under PHP and GPL
> licenses. This way no ugly maintenance is needed as to what is licensed
> as what and you have made most parties happy.
>
> Anyone not comfortable with either the PHP or GPL could then do as Stig
> suggested and distribute separately. (though I doubt that would be many
> people)
I don't see the reason to force people to dual-license. Many people are
perfectly happy using a BSD-like license. Forcing them to use the GPL
makes no sense.
-Rasmus