[Solar-talk] Solar_Mail

[Paul M Jones]

On Oct 9, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> On 9/8/06, Paul M Jones wrote:
>>> What do you think about http://www.swiftmailer.org/ (a PHPMailer
>>> alternative, PHP 5 only and PHP4 version are all available)
>>
>> As Rodrigo noted, it's LGPL, so we can't include it directly.  But it
>> does look like a good piece of work; he has all his classes
>> namespaced, follows the class-to-file mapping conventions, etc.
>> Maybe we can convince him to re-license under BSD?
>
> Sorry to ressurrect this thread. I was looking again for a mailer
> library that I could port to Solar. I have a license question: what
> are the implications of including a LGPL licensed library in Solar or
> other BSD libraries?

Including an LGPL lib *might* cause problems, but that's just my own  
personal FUD; I have not explored the issues in detail.  Safer and  
easier to limit bundled libs to BSD, I believe, if only because there  
can be no question of conflicting licenses.  It also requires less  
thinking on my part, and I'm always in favor of conserving brain cycles.

Note that individual installations can mix and match at will, so you  
guys can use any mailing libraries you like with Solar.  The issue is  
bundling and distribution, not developer/user combined installations.



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