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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:10:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] The Untouchables
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Steph,

Monday, March 31, 2008, 1:02:46 PM, you wrote:

> OK, so I just put in 140-something module updates... manually, grumble. I 
> (hopefully) avoided anything in core, whether that be PHP 4 or 5 - the way 
> we version core modules is going to need much more thought.

> Apart from those, here's a list of the PECL extensions I can't or won't 
> touch. It seems that the CLA I hadn't spotted in pecl/sam was the *only* 
> reason I couldn't commit all 5000+ lines in a single shot back there, so I'm
> a little bitter about these right now:

> daffodildb (proprietary license)
> ibm_db2 (IBM extension)
> muscat (GPL'd)
> mqseries (JAWA Management Software GmbH???)
> pdo_ibm (IBM extension)
> pdo_ids (IBM extension)
> pdo_informix (IBM extension)
> sam (CLA'd)
> sdo (CLA'd IBM extension)
> smbc (GPL'd)
> tclink (LGPL'd)


Did we not disallow GPL'd extensions in PECL?

If not can we finally require OSI approved licenses only and disallow
proprietary and GPL specifically?

Best regards,
 Marcus