From: thijs at debian dot org
Operating system: Any
PHP version: 5.2.6
PHP Bug Type: *Math Functions
Bug description: Problematic licence in rand.c (with solution)
Description:
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Hi,
The file ext/standard/rand.c in any recent version contains the following
remark about the licencing of the Mersenne Twister code:
" The original code included the following notice:
When you use this, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with an appropriate reference to your work.
It would be nice to CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
when you write.
"
This requirement is problematic because everyone using the PHP code in
some way has to send an email to him. This is for example a problem for
Debian where Debian itself and any derivative distribution would need to
send such a mail, plus every user who takes the source code and does
something with it.
At Debian we contacted the copyright holder and he swiftly replied that
the condition can be completely removed:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=52;bug=498621
So, could you please remove this condition from the code?
thanks,
Thijs Kinkhorst
Debian Developer
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Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
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Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=php4
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46209&r=mysqlcfg
