Re: Re: New Extension Proposal/Idea
| From: | Matthew Fonda | Date: | Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:25:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: New Extension Proposal/Idea | ||
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On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 13:07, Johannes Schlueter wrote:
> 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
Ah, I kind of figured that would be a problem
Thanks
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Regards,
Matthew Fonda