Re: Re: peclweb /public_html package-new.php
| From: | Wez Furlong | Date: | Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:16:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: peclweb /public_html package-new.php | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.pecl.dev |
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PHP Group specified that we should, as a rule, avoid any license
containing the letters GPL (in that order).
Rationale: it's best just to steer clear of the whole RMS thing, just in case.
--Wez.
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:53:29 -0700, Sara Golemon <saramg@berkeley.edu> wrote:
> > + $_POST['license'] = trim($_POST['license']);
> > +
> > + if (!strcasecmp($_POST['license'], "GPL") ||
> > + !strcasecmp($_POST['license'], "LGPL")) {
> > + display_error("Illegal license type. PECL packages CANNOT be GPL/LGPL
> licensed and thus MUST NOT be linked to GPL code. Talk to
> pecl-dev@lists.php.net for more information.");
> > + $jumpto = 'license';
> > + break;
> > + }
> > +
> >
> What's wrong with LGPL as a license?
>
> -Sara