Re: [PHP4BETA] License concerns
| From: | bruce at perens dot com | Date: | Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:46:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] License concerns | ||
| Groups: | php.version4 | ||
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> >I guess Bruce refered to the ambiguous paragraph 4. of the PHP licence
> >(not the QPL), which is OSD-compliant by intention, just not by wording.
>
> Ok. My brain's not working very well right now, head aches too much.
>
> Overall, I think the netscape wording is good. Perhaps we'd replace it, we
> can talk about it.
From: Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.on.ca>
> I have no problems making that change. Making our intended meaning
> abundantly clear using explicit wording like that is a good thing.
Great!
Sorry to use an acronym, Zeev. "OSD" is "Open Source Definition", which is
essentially the same as the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
The Debian folks can decide how they link PHP4 in their own packages, thus
they can side-step the GDBM issue if they wish.
Thanks
Bruce