Bug#331418: Bug #331418: php4-pear-log: ELICENSE - licensed under non-free "The PHP License, version 2.02"

[Jon Parise]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:30:07PM +0100, Stefano Melchior wrote:

> > An updated PHP license[1] has just become available which should
> > address Debian's concerns.  I'll try to put together an updated
> > package some time over the long weekend (it's a holiday here in the
> > US).
> > 
> > [1] http://us3.php.net/license/3_01.txt
> > 
> I am very please that you answered for me and all the Debian users.
> I know that the license problem is frustrating and somehow a bad issue,
> but Debian has got a coherent (in my opinion) way to treat the software.
> I am going to investigate and analyze your link futher more and possibly
> ask for a support by the more competent guys (than me).
> Let's keep in touch and I wish you also a good vacation

Sorry again for the late response.

I have made the package explicitly reference the 3.01 version of the
PHP License.  (It was referring to "PHP License" before, so that
should have been enough to imply the latest version, but now the
reference is explicit.)

It seems some people still have a problem with this clause:

  6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
 acknowledgment:
 "This product includes PHP software, freely available from
 ".

At this point, I'm not interested in relicensing the package under
anything but the PHP License because it means tracking down four years
worth of contributors.  If you guys have a problem with the 3.01
license, you'll have to conveince the PHP Group to release one that is
more to your liking as opposed to bugging PEAR developers who might be
in a position similar to mine (lots of contributors).

Good luck!

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Bug#331418: Bug #331418: php4-pear-log: ELICENSE - licensed under non-free "The PHP License, version 2.02"

[Stefano Melchior]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 12:26:45PM -0500, Jon Parise wrote:
Dear Jon,
> > I am a bit frustrated because I can not image what to do with the problem
> > in object. Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reported a bug:
> > 
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331418
> > 
> > which stops my Intention to upgrade the package for Debian, since there is
> > a License problem.
> > Can you please explain if it is a real problem, or if your intention to
> > maintain/use this license is compatible with the package?
>  
> An updated PHP license[1] has just become available which should
> address Debian's concerns.  I'll try to put together an updated
> package some time over the long weekend (it's a holiday here in the
> US).
> 
> Sorry for taking so long to get back to you on this.  These kinds of
> requests honestly aren't too high on my global priority list, and the
> fact that most PEAR developers have recently been hit by a wave of
> similar requests by Debian people has caused many of us to just ignore
> the issue.  I don't run Debian (or Linux, for that matter), and the
> fact that it's the only distribution that has a problem with the
> current licensing hasn't done much for my motivation to change things.
> 
> [1] http://us3.php.net/license/3_01.txt
> 
I am very please that you answered for me and all the Debian users.
I know that the license problem is frustrating and somehow a bad issue,
but Debian has got a coherent (in my opinion) way to treat the software.
I am going to investigate and analyze your link futher more and possibly
ask for a support by the more competent guys (than me).
Let's keep in touch and I wish you also a good vacation

Cheers

SteX

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