IMHO, if you really want to start some political debate or push your warped ideas on everyone, you can do it on another list.
I am not pushing anything. I am just explaining why GPL extensions and libraries will not be accepted by the PHP group.
I don't see the point in your hostility trying to act as censorship. You are not adding anything to the thread.
I agree with you here Manuel. Thanks for the explanation about GPL and BSD, and it was a good point to add. However, I think that an encoder should not be part of the default php distribution, because it would *force* people to use the encoder supplied (I'm sure there would be means to use another encoder).
Also, it would seem that PHP was endorsing one product over another, and such things are never good. As far as Zend goes, I don't think that they control anything...if anything, they have probably increased the visibility of php by essentially creating an entire company around it. Sure they contribute extensions to the php core, but anyone can do that -- the source is available for free.
What I'm afriad is if things like "why don't we include x in the default php install" start, then soon we'll have "why don't we include y in the default php install", which would lead to unecessary bloat -- and I don't think anyone wants that. One thing I like about php is that it is trimmed down, and web specific -- so anyone can download other components an integrate them.
Just my opinions.
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