Index: services/servers/rest_server/includes/ServicesRESTServerFactory.inc
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--- services/servers/rest_server/includes/ServicesRESTServerFactory.inc	(revision 1151)
+++ services/servers/rest_server/includes/ServicesRESTServerFactory.inc	(working copy)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     $parsers = $this->getParsers();
     $formatters = $this->getFormatters();
 
-    $class_name = static::$class_name;
+    $class_name = 'RESTServer';   // static::$class_name; breaks php5.2.17
     return new $class_name($context, $content_type_negotiator, $resources, $parsers, $formatters);
   }