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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Policy on 3rd party code
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Fri, Oct 4, 2024, at 6:22 AM, Derick Rethans wrote:
> 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

Drat.

I suppose we could list that as an exception, like Docuwiki?  The design is "RFC wins over heuristic", so if people vote to approve its mention, subtleties in the license don't matter.

--Larry Garfield