On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wen...@phpdoc.de> wrote: >> Am 27.06.2014 09:56, schrieb Ferenc Kovacs: >>> I think they just consider our license troublesome for exts as it seems too >>> specific for php-src, and they only want to avoid possible license >>> infringement. >> >> Just keep the scope of any possible PHP license change in mind. >> >> You got one player, a consumer/redistributor, that developed a hiccup >> only recently. And, you have many, many other players that arranged >> themselves with todays PHP license over so many years. Licensing changes >> affect not only consumers but also all contributors. >> >> Any change would make literally hundrets of legal departement happy and >> evaluate your ideas. Those legal departements begin their analysis on a >> blank sheet of paper. They will not bother much, if at all, about the >> input you got from your legal advisor. >> >> In a perfect world, you could do some tiny text changes to the license >> without much hassle. In reality, this is a monster topic. Any rush can >> cause massive harm. > > Amen. > > And it cannot be done without asking every single contributor. Let say > it is an impossible task at this point, or very very hard.
Keeping in mind that the only actual issue we had in the PHP License was fixed in 3.01. -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAEZPtU76cCn=oiwrs-mqndx6aiq-u-egezzfawva_p-f8ax...@mail.gmail.com
