Phpword: License?

[siwinski]

What is the license for this library? composer.json lists "LGPL-3.0+" but the files list LGPL v2.1 (see below)

$ grep -r '@license' PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Tabs.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/TOC.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Font.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Image.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Paragraph.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Cell.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/ListItem.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Row.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Table.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style/Tab.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Text.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Object.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Footer/PreserveText.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Image.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Footer.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/ListItem.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Footnote.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/TextRun.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/PageBreak.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Header.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Settings.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/TextBreak.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Link.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Table/Cell.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Table/Row.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Table.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section/Title.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/IOFactory.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/TOC.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Template.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Section.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/PhpWord.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Autoloader.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/WriterPart.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Manifest.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Content.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Styles.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Mimetype.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText/Meta.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/IWriter.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/WriterPart.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/DocProps.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Footnotes.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/DocumentRels.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Document.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Footer.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/FootnotesRels.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Rels.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Styles.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Header.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Base.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/ContentTypes.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Writer/ODText.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/HashTable.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Style.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Reader/IReader.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Reader/AbstractReader.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/DocumentProperties.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Footnote.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Media.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Settings.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/Font.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/Drawing.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/String.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Shared/ZipStreamWrapper.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/Exception.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/InvalidImageException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/InvalidObjectException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/UnsupportedImageTypeException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL
PHPWord-b937786cfd4c53eb272f703769b80a1023698c9e/src/PhpWord/Exceptions/InvalidStyleException.php: * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt LGPL

_NOTE: Information was taken from commit b937786cfd which was the latest commit at the time this issue was submitted._

[ivanlanin]

We follow other PHPOffice projects license, i.e. LGPL 2.1. I've fixed the composer.json.

[siwinski]

Did you mean to leave the "+" for "LGPL-2.1+"?

[ivanlanin]

Yes. The license said "... either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version." What do you think, @Progi1984 @gabrielbull @RomanSyroeshko?

[Progi1984]

Personnally, all the code I have done is open source (WTFPL ;) ) so if LGPL is good for that then Go :)

[siwinski]

FYI: The only reason I want to make certain about the license is because I am packaging this library for Fedora and EPEL -- and I will be packaging your other PHPOffice libraries as well :)

[syroeshko]

Guys, I suggest transferring all the PHPOffice projects onto LGPL v3. It has a number of improvements and bugfixes compared to v2. Please, take a look here.

[ivanlanin]

I agree.

[Progi1984]

I agree.

[ivanlanin]

I've updated the license in 35d06cc2ce5269ea01f2c57a453c54db17a42e01. I close this issue for now. Feel free to reopen if there are still unresolved matters about the license.

[Herz3h]

Is there any plan to change the license of PhpWord to MIT or similar permissive license like PhpSpreadsheet did ?

[cleeev]

Are there any news on a possible license change to e.g. MIT? I'm currently evaluating the options for a new project and it would be great if we could use PhpWord, but we'd need a more permissive license.

It would also be very helpful to know whether this is totally out of question, but since PhpSpreadsheet made the move I'd love to see PhpWord make the change as well!