- [EMAIL PROTECTED]% (Chris Shiflett): > I assume it is because such an extension would somehow be required to be > covered under the GPL as well, but I don't understand that. Shouldn't it > be possible for the PHP extension's code to be licensed any license and > simply use a GPL library? The extension's code would be copyrighted by > the author, correct? So, why can't the author decide what terms his/her > code is licensed under? > > Just curious - I've heard this before and have never understood.
The point being that this is what the LGPL is for; since the GPL is far more "viral" than LGPL. I'd suggest having a look at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html for answers to any questions you may have about the GPL. We looked into embedding a GPLed template-engine in one of our projects and concluded that it would be impractical concering the requirements of the GPL, since this would require us to publish our project under the GPL too (at least the way we interpreted the license). -- mats -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
