Re: [PECL-DEV] php extension for libxl
[email protected] (Ilia Alshanetsky)
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Controversy aside, lets have a quick +/-1 for extension inclusion. Suffice to say, +1 from me ;-) On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Ilia Alshanetsky <[email protected]> wrote: > I used "excel" name rather then "xl", since it is more descriptive of > what the extension/library does. > > 2010/8/28 Pierre Joye <[email protected]>: >> 2010/8/28 Johannes Schlüter <[email protected]>: >>> On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 15:20 +0200, Pierre Joye wrote: >>>> 2010/8/28 Johannes Schlüter <[email protected]>: >>>> > On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 14:51 +0200, Pierre Joye wrote: >>>> >> We have restricted the licenses to BSD-like and PHP to be sure that >>>> >> all extensions can be used in any situation without legal pains. It is >>>> >> obvious that we have legacy extensions (btw, most payments extensions >>>> >> rely on free as in beer libs, but the service is usually not free) >>>> >> which do not fit to this new policy but it does not mean we can or >>>> >> should accept more because of them. >>>> > >>>> > The extension should be BSD/PHP licenses. For the libraries being used >>>> > no such policy had ever been discussed. >>>> >>>> Wrong, we discussed the libs as well, obviously... >>> >>> Please point me to the discussion. >> >> Please read the archives. >> >> Anyway, they can create a pear channel there and that's it, easy and >> straight forward. >> >> >> However, if we accept this extension, then the name should be xl or >> something related to the lib. I'm confident that free extensions >> without libs deps will come. >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Pierre >> >> @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org >> >