Re: [libvirt] Question about PHP licencing for libvirt-php (php-libvirt for Fedora)

On 03/09/2011 11:34 AM, Michal Novotny wrote: >> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses >> >> So, the libvirt-php module would have to be under either the PHP license, >> or something less restrictive. >> >> Regards, >> Daniel > Well, I've been reading PHP-LICENSE-3.01 file of php-pecl-ssh2 package > and I found out following in the PHP license: > > 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP", nor > may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written permission > from group(a)php.net. You may indicate that your software works in > conjunction with PHP by saying "Foo for PHP" instead of calling > it "PHP Foo" or "phpfoo" In fact, that paragraph is the very reason that the PHP license is GPL-incompatible (note, that's GPL-incompatible, not LGPL-incompatible, so we might still be okay with LGPL instead of PHP unless I'm missing something else).

> This way we won't be able to call it php-libvirt unless we write to > group(a)php.net for permission. Should we use the PHP license, i.e. ask > for the permission, or should we move to some other license? Any ideas > what license would be good for this? The same gnu.org page states that PHP add-ons should be the only projects considering use of the PHP license, but libvirt-php falls into that category, so it's probably worth shooting group(a)php.net a mail asking them the question.