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PHP License Finally Approved By OSI

Posted by timothy on from the and-there-was-much-rejoicing dept.

O'Reilly's new news site is reporting that PHP's new license, v3.0, has finally been approved by the OSI as meeting the open source definition. There was a small technical issue that prevented it in previous versions.

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  1. Re:From the article by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Informative

    well.. i didn't rtfa..

    but have you thouhgt about that the php license is for the php runtime system, NOT for code you write _in_ php language?

    (i'm just pulling this out of my hat/ass)

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  2. It's a Free Software license by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 3, Informative

    From FSFs license list:

    This license is used by most of PHP4. It is a non-copyleft free software license which is incompatible with the GNU GPL.

    We recommend that you not use this license for anything except PHP add-ons.


    Ciaran O'Riordan

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  3. The QingPL by yerricde · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you want a copyleft license that fits within an 80x25 box, try the Qing Public License.

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