On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 06:26:01PM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Sunday 6 May 2007 17:43, David Paleino wrote: > > Now, as Steve Langasek pointed out in that bug report:
> > "PHP is GPL-incompatible. You cannot distribute GPL software together with > > GPL-incompatible software that it depends on without a license exemption > > from the copyright holder of the GPL software." > Although it's usually safe to assume that Steve Is Right, I think he's made a > mistake in this specific case. I agree! ;) FWIW, in terms of the text of the GPL, I don't think there's any clear line that would make interpreters "safe" from license contamination by GPL scripts; but in practice we seem to have plenty of examples of GPLed PHP apps already in the archive, so this wouldn't be grounds for excluding one more that I can see. >From a "CYA" perspective, it would still be optimal to get the copyright holder's explicit statement that this kind of distribution is permitted. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
