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

On 29.01.2008, at 03:29, David Coallier wrote:

> Ben Ramsey has suggested a rather sexy way of handling this CLA
> problem. I'll repeat it in case some missed it but briefly. PDO
> Core&Specs being not CLAd and the specific vendor drivers being CLAd.
> I believe this is a GREAT compromise and since the community don't
> seem to want to have to sign a CLA for PDO development, perhaps the
> vendor specific drivers could be also hosted elsewhere with their own
> bug reporting tools et al ?
>
> Considering what Bill mentioned about being able to write their own
> code on their sides (http://news.php.net/php.pdo/37) That means that
> in theory the vendors could have their specific drivers hosted on
> their boxes and we (the community) could implement our own PDO drivers
> and there wouldn't be any IP conflicts (Considering that no one stole
> code from anyone of course)

Yes, I think this idea does have some merit, though there are some  
challenges to overcome here too. Some on our side (syncing changes  
with the core PHP distribution, leveraging a proxy to feed php.net  
changes back to the external vendors) and some on their side (like  
accepting that the core of PDO and the specs are not CLA'ed).

regards,
Lukas