Le Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 02:38:58PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser a écrit : > > That, too. But AIUI that licence also forbids us from shipping > a modified version of PHP without rebranding (like Firefox(tm)).
I think that we are ridiculing ourselves by ignoring the arguments that have been given to us by the PHP developers in the past. See, we are getting famous in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_License#Debian_packaging_controversy Debian maintainers have had a long-standing discussion (since at least 2005) about the validity of the PHP license.[4] Expressed concerns include that the license "contains statements about the software it covers that are specific to distributing PHP itself", which, for other software than PHP itself therefore would be "false statements". I think that the situation is different: - It has been proposed by a developer to remove PHP modules licensed under the PHP license, in application of a policy that had been neglected for years. This proposition was eventually represented by release-critical bugs. - For some PHP modules, the bugs have been closed, and there was no further reaction. - In the meantime the usual vocal people sending the majority of emails on our mailing lists are giving the impression that removing PHP modules is a position of Debian as a whole, while it is definitely not. This drama can be ended by closing the remaining bugs and going back to work. This has been done for packages that some people care most, like php-memcached, and could be done for other packages. When things have cooled down, it can be proposed to correct the REJECT-FAQ according to current practice of accepting PHP-licensed code. Back to the question of rebranding, the PHP developers have already explained that because PHP is a three-letter word, they are not in a position to protect their name with a trademark. Therefore, they do it with a license. We can not take Mate and distribute it as “Gnome Plus”. We can not take a fork of PHP and call it “BetterPhp”. People can not take a Debian CD, add non-free software, and sell it as “Debian Enhanced”. We and other protect our names, and PHP does it too. I do not see a problem. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140730230300.gb24...@falafel.plessy.net
