Re: Re: Re: [PHP-QA] Debian and the PHP license

From: Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 03:47:20 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [PHP-QA] Debian and the PHP license
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Walter Landry in php.pecl.dev (Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:54:10 -0700 (PDT)):
>Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
>>> Would you change the licence to something more usual, like MIT/X style?
>> 
>> No, this is completely infeasible
>
>That is not correct.  It is very easy to change the license because
>the license has an upgrade clause (condition #5).

Condition #5 does not cover totally replacing the license. It only
covers revised and/or new versions of the PHP license with "a
distinguishing version number".

To me it seems clear. The PHP license will not be changed. If debian
does not agree that is debian's problem. Take it or leave it.

Jan


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