Re: New PrimeBase Media Streaming (PBMS) extension

Hi, I have been needing to do this far a while so I did it now. There is now a PBMS client library project on launchpad: https://launchpad.net/pbmslib The client library has been released under the GNU LGPL v3 license. Barry On 7/13/10 9:08 AM, "Ulf Wendel" <ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de> wrote: > Barry Leslie schrieb: >> We can change the licensing of the PBMS client library to make it compatible >> with PHP, we are not interested in restricting it's use. Would the BSD >> license be OK? > > Good move! > > Client libraries should always be free and use a liberal license to make > accessing your main product and distributing client applications for > your main product a no-brainer. You can still use a more restrictive > license for your main product, if you want to. > > Make sure you pick a license for your main [C/C++] client library which > is compatible with PHP and serves the needs of all your customers. For > example, your customers may want to offer open source client > applications which redistribute both PBMS client library and any of > MySQL client libraries. > > BSD should/may work just fine. However, if I where you I'd go and check > with an expert before making the change. > > Welcome to PECL -- soon! > > Ulf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry Leslie SNAP Innovation Softwareentwicklung GmbH Senior Software Engineer Tel: (001) 250 884 1820 Fax: (001) 250 595 4460 Email: Barry.Leslie@PrimeBase.com Web: www.PrimeBase.com SNAP Innovation Softwareentwicklung GmbH, D-22765 Hamburg, Max-Brauer-Allee 50, Germany Amtsgericht Hamburg HRB 61066, Geschäftsführer: Ulrich Zimmer, Paul McCullagh -------------------------------------------------------------------------