Re: [PHP] licenses, etc From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 12/18/00

At 01:42 PM 12/18/00 +1100, Paul McGarry wrote:
>Alex Black wrote:
> > > If you go with GPL you force anyone using binarycloud to GPL any
> additions,
> > > which will not sit well with all prospective paying non-technical
> clients.
><snippity>
> > At the moment, I have no actual basis for comparison besided the "vague
> > memory" stuff I said above, I'll read the LGPL, and post tomorrow :)
>
>The major difference between the GPL and LGPL is to do with 'linking'
>is it not?
>
>As your package is interpretted PHP I'd have thought that anything
>either licence has to say on linking is somewhat irrelevant.

I think when the LGPL/GPL talk about linking they are talking about
run-time linking too (shared libraries) and particularly in using libraries
such as libc in an application. This is pretty much where binary cloud
would step into the picture as it is supposed to be a libc of PHP and there
is definitely run time linking going on although it's on a scripting level
and not on what usually is referred to as linking.

Anyway I just mentioned this to Alex to get him thinking on the issue a bit.
It sounded to me to begin with that the GPL is not exactly what he needs
but something close to the LGPL (maybe a bit more protective). There are
probably other licenses around which are more suitable. Don't get yourself
pressured by GPL fanatics :)

Anyway, I'm not an expert on all the zillion different licenses. Check out
www.opensource.org. They have quite a variety there and they might even
explain some of them. If not, then usually the sites referred to explain
their licenses.

Good luck!
Andi

>Also I'd be rather wary of including a single licence in your root
>directory (ie the GPL) where that licence does not seem to apply
>to some of the code within the distribution (eg the Metabase stuff).
>
>At the very least your copying notice in the root directory
>should state that your binarycloud distribution is an aggregate
>of packages available under different licences.
>
>Paul.
>
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