Re: Account Request

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Alexander Kahl <akahl@iconmobile.com> wrote: >> And not the underlying libraries. A library can be lgpl (2 or 3), BSD, >> MIT or the likes (but not GPL), and the PHP extension can be under the >> PHP or BSD License. There is absolutely no problem in such cases. > > Excuse me if I churn up questions that have been discussed before but > where lies the actual problem of allowing developers which license to > choose for their own code as long as it's compatible with the PHP > License and a Free Software License itself? BSD *IS* Free and *IS* compatible with the FSF Licenses. > Excluding the question about "free" licenses, where is the freedom for > the developer here? Is hijack-able code the price to pay to have it > published on pecl? PHP License is not compatible with the GPL License (all versions) and that's why we don't accept any binding using GPL code in PECL (even if the extension is under BSD/PHP license). Cheers, -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org