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To: Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Policy on 3rd party code
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From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024, Larry Garfield wrote:

> Since Jim's RFC proposal was criticized for being too vague, I hereby 
> offer a somewhat more prescriptive policy proposal on using 3rd party 
> code.  (With JIm's blessing.)  It's still more heuristics than rules, 
> but I think that's the right approach generally.  It also includes a 
> voting mechanism to resolve edge cases when they come up.
> 
> I'm sure we'll bikeshed it to death, but please keep an open mind 
> about the concept in the first place.  PHP is more than just php-src, 
> and that's a good thing.  We need to catch up with that reality, while 
> at the same time maintaining a reasonable neutrality about projects 
> Internals doesn't manage directly.
> 
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/third-party-code
> 
> *Puts on trusty flame-retardant suit*

| The following packages are explicitly approved for use by this RFC, as 
| they meet all of the criteria above.
| 
| - Xdebug

That's not strictly true, as it doesn't have an "Approved License". It's 
a nitpick, but Xdebug has "The Xdebug License" 
(https://github.com/xdebug/xdebug/blob/master/LICENSE), which is the PHP 
License 3.01, but with s/PHP/Xdebug.

I've been wanting to change that for ages, but it requires approval from 
all contributors, and that's not going to happen easily.

cheers,
Derick

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