On Thu, Jun 26, 2014, at 09:41, Prach Pongpanich wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> wrote: > > Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org > > Control: retitle -1 Reassess PHP License usage for PHP PECL extensions > > > > Hi Paul and rest of FTP Masters, > > > > I am reassigning this bug to FTP Masters to solve it in between FTP > > Masters. > > > > Please note that Paul's interpretation would effectively lead to full > > removal of PHP from the Debian archive - see the list of affected > > packages in the bug (and in my previous email from May 27). > > > > I concur that the PHP License 3.01 should not be used for random > > software written *in* PHP language, but I don't agree that this clause > > should be used for packages published on pear.php.net (PEAR libraries) > > and pecl.php.net (PHP extensions). > > > > I think the REJECT FAQ has to be changed and the interpretation needs to > > be changed to allow PECL extensions and PEAR libraries to be licensed > > under PHP License 3.01.
3.0 and 3.01 is almost identical and I did have a long chat with FTP Masters and the conclusion was that PHP License in any version cannot be used for anything not copyrighted by PHP Group, e.g. basically anything not PHP itself. f.e. php-json is fine because it is a copy of ext/json/ with some modifications, but most of the other random software authored by random people is not. So you either need to convince upstream authors to use some more appropriate license, or you need to show that the software in fact comes from the "PHP Group" (that might be in fact the case in some packages). O. -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS server -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
