> >> I'd really like stuff like this to build out of the box in PHP. > >> Bundling expat was great because we didn't have to think about it > >> anymore. My impression is that libxml2 is rarely installed by default > >> (GNOME still uses 1.8 for instance). But I guess we'll have to deal > >> with that sooner or later anyway, since libxml2 looks like the best xml > >> library out there and more extensions want to use it. > >> > >> Could we bundle libxml2, or does the LGPL prevent us from doing that? > > > > I don't know about the LGPL but i would love to see it bundled. This would > >also help the domxml extension cause it requires a newer version than most > >people have. > > > The easiest thing is to contact the author and ask him for permission. Then > you don't have to worry about licenses. We did the same thing with other > code which was included. >
libxml and libxslt are both under the MIT license, which are probably the "freest" of the opensource licenses... I think that they should be the bundled default *instead of* expat (not in addition to, things just get too messy :) I put some thoughts up (relating to this) a bit ago: http://bumblebury.com/phptodo/xmsl.html... -Sterling -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
