[Pkg-php-pecl] Bug#728196: Bug#728196: Bug#728196: php-gearman is licensed under the PHP license, and is not php

[Prach Pongpanich]

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org> wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
> Control: retitle -1 Reassess PHP License usage for PHP PECL extensions
>
> Hi Paul and rest of FTP Masters,
>
> I am reassigning this bug to FTP Masters to solve it in between FTP
> Masters.
>
> Please note that Paul's interpretation would effectively lead to full
> removal of PHP from the Debian archive - see the list of affected
> packages in the bug (and in my previous email from May 27).
>
> I concur that the PHP License 3.01 should not be used for random
> software written *in* PHP language, but I don't agree that this clause
> should be used for packages published on pear.php.net (PEAR libraries)
> and pecl.php.net (PHP extensions).
>
> I think the REJECT FAQ has to be changed and the interpretation needs to
> be changed to allow PECL extensions and PEAR libraries to be licensed
> under PHP License 3.01.
>

I agree with Ondřej. the REJECT FAQ (PHP License) has outdated,
that refer to PHP License 3.0 [0].

  [0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/08/msg00128.html

For the details:

   https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/02/msg00017.html
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332606

Regards,
 Prach