[development] Modules that integrate non-GPL PHP apps violate the GPL.
mark burdett
mfburdett at gmail.com
Fri Sep 7 16:19:04 UTC 2007
Well I was just regurgitating
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html which describes PHP
License as incompatible with GPL. I do have my own "readings" of the
various licenses, IP law, etc. but won't waste the list's time ;)
--mark
On 9/7/07, Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Quoting mark burdett <mfburdett at gmail.com>:
>
> > Well it's not even as nice as the rms quote, since we also have
> > barriers to integrate with non-proprietary FLOSS, from AGPL to GPL 3.
> > And then there's all the PEAR libraries which use PHP license.
> >
>
> My read of the PHP license leads me to believe it is compatible with
> GPL so the PEAR and PECL libraries shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
> -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
>
>
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