Re: New Extension Proposal/Idea
| From: | Johannes Schlueter | Date: | Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:07:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: New Extension Proposal/Idea | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.pecl.dev |
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Hi Matthew,
Matthew Fonda wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have created a PHP extension which allows you to find information
> about IP addresses and hostnames, such as what country they are located
> in, what city/region they are located in, postal code, and
> longitude/latitude. Also, it can determine the connection speed and ISP
> as well. It does this using the GeoIP C library. The GeoIP C library is
> licensed under the GPL, and can be found at
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoip/. If possible, I would
> like to
> contribute this extension to PECL.
The GPL is incompatible with the PHP License so an extension linking against
a GPLed library can't be in PECL. Check the archives of this list for more
information on this.
johannes