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Bug #46209 Problematic licence in rand.c (with solution)
Submitted: 2008-10-01 10:35 UTC Modified: 2008-10-01 11:04 UTC
From: thijs at debian dot org Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: *Math Functions
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-10-01 10:35 UTC] thijs at debian dot org
Description:
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Hi,

The file ext/standard/rand.c in any recent version contains the following remark about the licencing of the Mersenne Twister code:

"       The original code included the following notice:

        When you use this, send an email to: matumoto@math.keio.ac.jp
    with an appropriate reference to your work.

        It would be nice to CC: rjwagner@writeme.com and Cokus@math.washington.edu
        when you write.
"

This requirement is problematic because everyone using the PHP code in some way has to send an email to him. This is for example a problem for Debian where Debian itself and any derivative distribution would need to send such a mail, plus every user who takes the source code and does something with it.

At Debian we contacted the copyright holder and he swiftly replied that the condition can be completely removed:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=52;bug=498621

So, could you please remove this condition from the code?


thanks,
Thijs Kinkhorst
Debian Developer


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 [2008-10-01 11:04 UTC] scottmac@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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