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Re: FYI

From: rasmus_-at-_php.net (Rasmus Lerdorf)
Date: 20 Aug 2000 16:57:04 -0400
References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008201456450.16867-100000@calcutta.flora.ottawa.on.ca>

>   Clause 6 makes the product as a whole potentially take on a different
> license.  Can Zend and PHP4 not be cleanly separated into a different
> product (where which part is PHP4 is clear - maybe different source
> archives?).  With QT and KDE the separation is clear, and one knows much
> better what one can or cannot do with code from each.

The distinction is perfectly clear.  PHP and Zend don't even share CVS
trees.  The distribution tarball simply includes a Zend sub-directory to
make life easier for people.  

>   I don't want to be stuck jumping ship to mod_perl or similar in the
> future - is there any way this situation can be cleared up?

Probably not.  Your issue is with the folks at Zend.com not with the PHP
team.

-Rasmus

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