Re: svn: /php/php-benchmarks/trunk/ benchweb/config.php benchweb/deploy.php benchweb/functions.php
benchweb/installers/phpbb/bench/LoremIpsum.class.php benchweb/installers/phpbb/bench/Post.php benchweb/installers/phpbb/bench/Record.php bench

Hi Pierre, On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Pierre Joye<pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Paul Biggar<paul.biggar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We include complete GPL programs. We do not try to use GPL code in >> programs we write ourselves. > > The license itself is a pain How so? > and it is unclear whether or not we can > execute them or not. That is not unclear at all. There has never been a suggestion that either interpreting a GPL program using a non-GPL interpreter, or that one programming running another (not using include()) is a problem. Most of the GNU utilities on every linux system are GPL after all, and they are called from plenty of non-GPL programs. I'd like to avoid a legal discussion, since no-one here has the expertise required, but that suggestion is pretty far fetched. > PHP.net does not allow GPL code so please remove Yes, and we are trying to have a discussion about changing that for benchmarks, since the original reasons for the GPL ban are not relevant here. > it and try to find another application to bench. I would suggest to > write something small enough to represent real life examples of a web > app. Finding applications to benchmark is extraordinarily difficult, and takes a lot of work. If you think its easy, please head over to http://wiki.php.net/rfc/better_benchmarks and make some suggestions. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Biggar paul.biggar@gmail.com