Hello licensing team, Do you have some backlog on your side at the moment?
The discussion is apparently coming to a close, your point on the matter would be appreciated. Justin Patrin also sent you mail on this subject. Thanks, -- Sylvain On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:56:26AM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > Hello, > > I initiated a discussion with the PHP and PEAR group: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.pear.devel/40682/focus=40682 > > Nobody is sure about whether the latest PHP license is compatible with > the GNU GPL, in fact. > > > - Could you precise whether the PHP license v3.0_1_ is compatible with > GPLv2? There's only comments about compatibility with v3.0 (not > 3.01). I attach a diff. I think those changes were made to make the > license applicable to works that are not PHP itself but also > released by the PHP Group, following a request by the Debian-legal > people. > > > - More importantly, is the PHP license v3.01 compatible with > GPLv3draft2? > > The comment at the end of > http://gplv3.fsf.org/wiki/index.php/PHP_license%2C_version_3.01 makes > me thing there's no compatibility: > > "However, the second draft of the GPLv3 prohibits the following additional > terms: > requirements regarding changes to the name of the work > which conflicts with the PHP license's prohibition on using "PHP" as a name > for the work." > > > This affects the way we approve GNU GPL'd project using PEAR packages > at Savannah, so I'd like to be sure about it. Can you check? > > Thanks, > > -- > Sylvain > > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:27:04PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to include the QuickForm package/library [1] in my GPL'd > > application. It is licensed under the PHP license and is Copyright (c) > > 1997-2003 The PHP Group. > > > > As the license is not compatible with GNU GPLv2, I'd like to make the > > QuickForm people switch their license. I already contacted them but > > they do not seem much informed about the situation. I know I could > > wait for GPLv3 but I need this library for a developpement right now - > > so I'm willing to spent a little time on a license change :) > > > > Maybe I could add a GPL exception to my program in order to legally > > use it, but I also use other GPL'd pieces of code that I don't own, so > > this is probably not an option. > > > > > > I have 2 questions: > > > > - Did you already have to deal with the PHP license and PEAR packages? > > Do you have any advice/experience about this? This issue is not new. > > > > - Do you know whether the 'PHP Group' is a legal entity? I asked the > > QuickForm authors whether they signed a copyright paper - they > > didn't reply yet. I could not find a way to contact this 'PHP Group' > > either. I wonder whether the 'PHP Group' is really the copyright > > holder of QuickForm, or if the copyright notice is just part of a > > PEAR policy, without legal basis - in which case each contributor > > would be a co-owner, and a license change would be quite difficult, > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > [1] http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm > > [2] http://www.php.net/license/2_02.txt > > [3] > > http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pear/HTML_QuickForm/QuickForm.php?revision=1.162&view=markup > > > > -- > > Sylvain > --- 3_0.txt 2006-12-14 09:40:41.000000000 +0100 > +++ 3_01.txt 2006-12-14 09:40:49.000000000 +0100 > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - The PHP License, version 3.0 > + The PHP License, version 3.01 > Copyright (c) 1999 - 2006 The PHP Group. All rights reserved. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ > > 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following > acknowledgment: > - "This product includes PHP, freely available from > - <http://www.php.net/>". > + "This product includes PHP software, freely available from > + <http://www.php.net/software/>". > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PHP DEVELOPMENT TEAM ``AS IS'' AND > ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > @@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ > For more information on the PHP Group and the PHP project, > please see <http://www.php.net>. > > -This product includes the Zend Engine, freely available at > +PHP includes the Zend Engine, freely available at > <http://www.zend.com>.
