As quite a lot of people have mentioned the possibility of a BSD licensed MPIR, I started a separate thread for this.
Bill. On 12 April 2010 14:57, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > hi Bill, > > Thanks for the extensive reply, very much appreciated. > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > >> On 12 April 2010 11:18, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The main appeal is that we can use code from GMP without replicating >> their efforts and accept code from developers who want to license >> their code v3+. It basically means less effort for us, and faster >> development times. It means that the bignum community is using a >> single license and is less fragmented. > > It makes sense, however I wonder if it is good for mpir users. But it > makes the work easier for mpir developers, that's a sure thing. > > I will have to split my reply as it is a rather large topic. > >> By "not compatible with the GPL", I assume you mean that you want to >> distribute PHP under terms that are more permissive than the GPL will >> allow. > > The GPL does not allow any GPL code to be linked with PHP Licensed > code, at least this restriction up to v2. For v3 there is a debate > about "linkage" and "usage" as in using GPL code in an external > process (calling a cmd line tool for example). But the whole v3 move > (gpl and lgpl) creates a lot of troubles lately for companies and > other OSS projects. The "or later" clause has also been ignored in the > past, but the v3 shows the implications and the direction the gpl > license takes is scary (no offense meant, only writing down my feeling > about the GPL movement for the last decade). > > Short reply but other will come in the next days :) > > Cheers, > -- > Pierre > > @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mpir-devel" group. > To post to this group, send email to mpir-de...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to mpir-de...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
