Re: Attitude against distributions... (Was: JSON non-free license)
Le 29/08/2013 07:54, Pierre Joye a écrit :
> hi Remi!
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Remi Collet <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But we are PHP project members. And we ship an OpenSource software which
>> is Licensed under the "PHP License", a "really" free License (per FSF
>> definition).
>
> Ah? I always read that the PHP License is not actually Free as per FSF
> definition, and not compatible with their true free license (GPL). Did
> that change recently? :)
This is not a problem of GPL definition.
From FSF web site:
"The following licenses [...which included the PHP one ...] are free
software licenses, but are not compatible with the GNU GPL."
And of course, only the first part is important here.
So most linux distribution recognize PHP License as a free License.
Remi.
>
> Cheers,
>
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