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Some info about the PHP license and PEAR (we are going to keep it in Moodle)

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@ -30,3 +30,30 @@ the old calls used before Moodle 1.6 to maintain compatibility.
Please, don't forget it! Always use wrapper classes/functions!
Ciao, Eloy Lafuente, 2005-12-17 :-)
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A NOTE ON THE PHP LICENSE AND MOODLE
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There is some question about how PHP-licensed software can be
included within a GPL-licensed distribution like Moodle, specifically
the clause that says no derivative of the software can include the
name PHP. We don't intend to rename Moodle to anything of the
sort, obviously, but to help people downstream who could possibly
want to do so, we have sought special permission from the authors
of these classes to allow us an exemption on this point so that
we don't need to change our nice clean GPL license.
Xavier Noguer has given Moodle explicit permission to distribute
his OLE PEAR class in the Moodle distribution, and allows any
body using this class ONLY as part of the Moodle distribution
exemption from clauses of the PHP license that could cause
conflict with the main GNU Public License that Moodle uses.
We are still waiting to hear back from Stig, Thomas or Pierre-Alain,
but we assume for now that it will likewise be OK.
Cheers,
Martin Dougiamas, 2 April 2006