Re: [PDO] Re: PDO 2: Request for Comments

Steph Fox wrote:
>
>> I don't currently have cvs commit privileges on php.net.  If I ask 
>> for access purely on the principle of freedom to enhance the code, 
>> would I be granted those privileges?  Probably not.  So does this 
>> mean that PHP is not open-source?
>
> What gives you that impression? 

Of course it doesn't mean that PHP isn't open-source.  Perhaps I'm being 
too subtle.

Some folks have claimed that by placing restricting on who can commit 
changes to a project, this makes the project not open-source.  I was 
attempting to show that this is false logic. 

I observed that php.net also places some restrictions and conditions on 
who can commit, and what contributions can be committed.  Not only by 
the mechanism of CVS privileges, but also as a development process, 
reviewing and vetting the changes. 

Obviously, PHP is open-source, so therefore it is false that restricting 
who can commit makes a project not open-source.

That's my point.  That this particular argument against the CLA for PDO 
is not supportable, and PHP itself is a counter-example.

I do not advocate forking any code.

Regards,
Bill Karwin