Thanks Fabien Thats a great help
Regards Joe On 7 Dec 2006, at 08:17, Fabien POTENCIER wrote: > > To follow up the discussion about licenses, I've just committed a new > COPYRIGHT file: > > http://www.symfony-project.com/trac/browser/trunk/COPYRIGHT > > This file contains all copyright information about symfony and the > bundled externals software symfony relies on. > > This file also links to the license files found directly under the > trunk/ directory in the subversion repository. > > As of now, the license files are: > > LICENSE > LICENSE.Creole > LICENSE.ICU > LICENSE.PHPMailer > LICENSE.Propel > LICENSE.lime > LICENSE.pake > LICENSE.phing > LICENSE.prado > LICENSE.prototype > LICENSE.script.aculo.us > > I also added these files to the PEAR package. > > Here is the current COPYRIGHT file content: > > COPYRIGHTS > ========== > > symfony > ------- > > symfony is originally based on Mojavi3 by Sean Kerr > > Url: http://www.symfony-project.com/ > Copyright: Fabien Potencier > License: MIT - LICENSE > > Propel > ------ > > symfony contains the Propel software > > Url: http://propel.phpdb.org/ > Copyright: Authors > License: LGPL - LICENSE.Propel > > Creole > ------ > > symfony contains the Creole software > > Url: http://creole.phpdb.org/ > Copyright: Authors > License: LGPL - LICENSE.Creole > > International Components for Unicode > ------------------------------------ > > symfony contains a port of parts of the International Components for > Unicode library > > Url: http://www.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/, > http://icu.sourceforge.net/ > Copyright: 1995-2006 International Business Machines Corporation > and others. > License: ICU License - LICENSE.ICU > > Dynarch calendar > ---------------- > > symfony contains the dynarch calendar software > > Url: http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/ > Copyright: Mihai Bazon, 2002-2005 > License: LGPL - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html > > Prototype > --------- > > symfony contains the Prototype software > > Url: http://prototype.conio.net/ > Copyright: 2005 Sam Stephenson > License: MIT - LICENSE.prototype > > script.aculo.us > --------------- > > symfony contains the script.aculo.us software > > Url: http://script.aculo.us, http://mir.aculo.us > Copyright: 2005, 2006 Thomas Fuchs > License: MIT - LICENSE.script.aculo.us > > famfamfam icons > --------------- > > symfony contains a subset of the silk famfamfam icons > > Url: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ > License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ > > Prado i18n classes > ------------------ > > symfony contains the Prado i18n core classes > > Url: http://www.pradosoft.com/ > Copyright: 2004-2006, The PRADO Group > License: BSD - LICENSE.prado > > PHPMailer > --------- > > symfony contains the PHPMailer software > > Url: http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ > Copyright: Chris Ryan > License: LGPL - LICENSE.PHPMailer > > Spyc > ---- > > symfony contains the Spyc software > > Url: http://spyc.sourceforge.net/ > Copyright: 2005-2006 Chris Wanstrath > License: MIT - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php > > pake > ---- > > symfony uses the pake software > > Url: http://www.symfony-project.com/ > Copyright: Fabien Potencier > License: MIT - LICENSE.pake > > lime > ---- > > symfony uses the lime software > > Url: http://www.symfony-project.com/ > Copyright: Fabien Potencier > License: MIT - LICENSE.lime > > Phing > ----- > > symfony uses the Phing software > > Url: http://phing.info/ > Copyright: Authors > License: LGPL - LICENSE.phing > > If you think something is missing or wrong, please contact me > directly. > > Fabien > > David Zülke wrote: >> On 12/5/06, Fabien POTENCIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> project.com> wrote: >>> Concerning bundled projects, I really don't know why you have the >>> impression that Propel and Creole are sub-projects of symfony. >> >> I don't have that impression, of course ;) I just noticed that a lof >> of people don't realize that Creole and Propel are separate >> projects - >> from the IRC channel, tickets on symfony trac or the emails that >> arrive on the Propel lists. >> >> >>> Here are some examples on the symfony website: >>> >>> There is a "credits" page (available from every web page) with >>> links to >>> both Creole and Propel: >>> [snip] >>> >>> Propel and Creole and bundled under the vendor/ symfony >>> directory. All >>> PHP files have their license headers with the license. >> >> The thing is that the LICENSE file in the root directory only >> contains >> information about symfony being public domain, without any indication >> at all that other libraries with non-MIT licenses are bundled. >> Also, a >> COPYRIGHT file is missing, too (after all, each individual >> contributor >> has his or her copyright on the respective code part, it's not all >> (c) >> Fabien Potencier ;)) >> >> If I may suggest a solution to this issue, have a look at >> http://trac.agavi.org/browser/branches/0.11 and how we organized >> these >> things (LICENSE, LICENSE-xyz and COPYRIGHT files). >> >> >>> If symfony violates some licences, please contact me directly and >>> I will >>> act promptly. I have done this before and you know this. >> >> Yeah I saw that you finally added ICU's license.txt. I believe >> that if >> you add the correct license information for all bundled or adapted >> stuff, most licensing issues should be solved (don't forget, for >> instance, to mention that a lot of the i18n stuff is copied from >> Prado >> etc). Feel free to mimic out approach to use both LICENSE files (for >> things you bundle) and COPYRIGHT (for things you copied from other >> frameworks). >> >> There's one other license problem I noticed: >> http://www.symfony-project.com/trac/changeset/352 is from Agavi, >> which >> is LGPL, and the file has since been modified, which means you would >> have to put all of symfony under LGPL ;) >> I talked to Dustin about this in Frankfurt when we met at the Int'l >> PHP Conference (was great fun, you should attend next time) and I >> asked him to shoot me an email so I could get "offical" permission >> from the author of CreoleSessionStorage to grant you a special, >> non-LGPL, license. >> >> I also talked to him about this whole licensing stuff and how the >> projects where code was taken from aren't given proper credit in my >> eyes, but he moved to San Francisco to take a job with Yahoo a >> week or >> two ago and I'm sure he has been awfully busy so he didn't get to >> email me or look into the issue in general yet. >> >> Anyway, these issues are easy to fix, but I believe they are very, >> very important, and especially for a framework that considers itself >> enterprise ready, they must be taken seriously. Let me know if you >> need any assistance or further information, I'll be happy to help. >> Maybe also check out >> http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-devs/browse_thread/thread/ >> 2fd10f53f7a3e01a >> in case you missed it back then. >> >> Cheers, >> >> David >> >>> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-devs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
