FYI: phpgroupware and php3

loic at gnu.org loic at gnu.org
Tue Jun 5 05:30:19 UTC 2001


Olivier Berger writes:
 > 
 > I'm not sure to understand the heart of the problem... why d'ya need
 > php3 (as opposed to php4, I suppose) ?... free/non-free software problem
 > ?
 > 

	Because the php4 license (zend license) restricts the freedom
to redistribute the software. Not to an extent that makes it non free
but it makes it incompatible with the GPL.

	Cheers,

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