On 8/31/07, Sigurd Nes wrote: > This one seems to be very useful: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpexcelreader/ > > license. is 3.0 of the PHP license. > Can we use this as "PHP add-on" as mentioned in > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html ?
from the licensing front, I think we can use it if the admin installs it (dynamic linking?), but we cannot include it in our tarballs (static linking?). applying linking rules it php code is, well, kind of fuzzy. Best bet is see if the author will allow a dual license, or consider relicensing (see some ammo below). <rant> The interesting think about using the php license though is that the way the license reads, it can ONLY apply to compiled code distributed by the php group. It's recommended only for php add-ons, otherwise known as extensions, because this has a chance of being included in the official php distro. If you actually read the php license you'll understand why. Item 2 is irrelevant. Items 3 and 4 say that one has to email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you make a derivative work and want to use "php" in the name or advertising even though the script code is not derived from php. Item 6 requires a lie since the script doesn't contain "php software", only code that is php engine compatible. Items 1 and 5 apply to the license itself and use of it. Anyone using the PHP license for code that isn't a php extension has obviously not read the license, and it also doens't even apply to many extensions. </rant> _______________________________________________ phpGroupWare-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/phpgroupware-developers
