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. Cheers, Ondrej On Tue, Oct 29, 2013, at 14:20, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > Package: php-gearman > Severity: serious > User: paul...@debian.org > Usertags: ftp > X-Debbugs-CC: ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org > thanks > > From the REJECT faq: > > / > | You have a PHP add-on package (any php script/"app"/thing, not PHP > | itself) and it's licensed only under the standard PHP license. That > | license, up to the 3.x which is actually out, is not really usable for > | anything else than PHP itself. I've mailed our -legal list about that > | and got only one response, which basically supported my view on this. > | Basically this license talks only about PHP, the PHP Group, and > includes > | Zend Engine, so its not applicable to anything else. And even worse, > | older versions include the nice ad-clause. > | > | One good solution here is to suggest a license change to your upstream, > | as they clearly wanted a free one. LGPL or BSD seems to be what they > | want. > \ > > Sorry this made it through NEW, > > > Hope you're well, and thanks for your work, > Paul > > -- > .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> > : :' : Proud Debian Developer > `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 > `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-php-pecl mailing list > pkg-php-p...@lists.alioth.debian.org > https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-php-pecl > Email had 1 attachment: > + signature.asc > 1k (application/pgp-signature) -- 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
