> > >MySQL access functions were in PHP long before it went open source. I'm
> > >not saying that Midgard is on the same level of general usefullness
> > >but just that the fact that there's an organization behind it
> > >doesn't change it's licensing.
> >
> > MySQL was always opensource. It was perhaps not opensource(tm), but it was
> > opensource, before people came along and put rules on what opensource means.
>
> OK, substitute OCI8, the argument stands.
>
> > I tend to agree to Colin's statement. I don't see the big added value (to
> > everyone involved) in distributing midgard alongside PHP, and one of the
> > reasons PEAR was born was for such extensions exactly.
>
> Not a problem for me. But how is PEAR being made available, then?
We still don't have a good framework for having PEAR extensions that
contain PHP extensions written in C in them. That was always the goal, it
just hasn't been done yet. And yes, I concur with most others here, when
that gets finished, the midgard stuff belongs there.
-Rasmus
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