Re: [PHP4BETA] php and MS SQL Server....

"Stig S. Bakken" wrote: > > > > >place to get code or packages that has certain guidelines for submission. It > > >should be the official repository for PHP code samples or packages. I don't > > >see how this really affects your site or others'. Perl has CPAN, but it > > >doesn't mean that there aren't hundreds of Perl example sites and sites that > > >offer Perl help. I don't think that packages submitted to PEAR necessarily > > >have to be Open Source, they just need to be free to distribute. If Metabase > > > > Rasmus and Stig made clear that packages need to be made Open Source to be > > accepted. > > This is true. While we welcome commercial use, embedding, > redistribution or whatever of PHP, the PHP Group is not in the business > of distributing stuff that is not open source. That can be and is > already dealt with by others, including yourself. > Can commerical package be in PEAR? They don't necessarily have to be in the PHP Group distrobutions, but can they be submitted? If so, can we assume the opposite is true? Can commerical outfits can distribute commerical and OpenSource packages found in PEAR? (Assuming they make the correct deals with the commerical owners of PEAR packages) Similar to any Linux distro? > > However, I plan on building a set of FAST packages for use by our What are FAST packages? Michael