Re: timezonedb extension compiled for Windows
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:12:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: timezonedb extension compiled for Windows | ||
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, David Marín Carreño wrote:
> As long as I can see, the two files that were created for the
> timezonedb extension have PHP License according to their headers.
> Then, there are several other files from the Olson database that are
> under public domain. So the whole package should be considered under
> the PHP License.
But that's not true. We can't claim the PHP License on data that's not
ours. If you manage to get a clarfication from IANA on what the license
is, and what is required in software that bundles it (and perhaps write
the LICENSE file)... then I suppose we can add it.
> How to convince you of doing something that, according to my point of
> view, should be simple and not causing any trouble at all, but you've
> already said say it's a silly requirement by the people that build the
> binaries for the extensions...
License issues are never simple.
cheers,
Derick