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Request #20172 Please change the license from PHP license
Submitted: 2014-01-08 15:35 UTC
From: prach Assigned:
Status: Feedback Package: Net_DNSBL (version 1.3.7)
PHP Version: 5.5.7 OS: Linux
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 [2014-01-08 15:35 UTC] prach (Prach Pongpanich)
Description: ------------ From https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html: You have a PHP add-on package (any php script/"app"/thing, not PHP itself) and it's licensed only under the standard PHP license. That license, up to the 3.x which is actually out, is not really usable for anything else than PHP itself. I've mailed our -legal list about that and got only one response, which basically supported my view on this. Basically this license talks only about PHP, the PHP Group, and includes Zend Engine, so its not applicable to anything else. And even worse, older versions include the nice ad-clause. One good solution here is to suggest a license change to your upstream, as they clearly wanted a free one. LGPL or BSD seems to be what they want. In the copyright holder does not comply with the PHP license: @copyright * Sebastian Nohn <sebastian@nohn.net> Regards, Prach

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 [2014-07-05 17:01 UTC] nohn (Sebastian Nohn)
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
Not enough information was provided for us to be able to handle this bug. Please re-read the instructions at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php If you can provide more information, feel free to add it to this bug and change the status back to "Open". Thank you for your interest in PEAR. Sorry, IANAL. Change to whatever you think is best and all committers are willing to agree to.