[License-discuss] Updating the PHP license

[McCoy Smith]

FWIW, the current PHP license has some (IMHO) minor issues with 
drafting, and is non-reusable, and has an advertising clause (clause 6) 
which means it is generally not particularly useful for many users and 
is not reusable for other projects. Switching to BSD-3-Clause therefore 
seems like a good idea.

You'd probably want to avail yourself of the option of voluntarily 
retiring PHP 3.01 when you make the switch.

On 5/18/2024 12:21 PM, Ben Ramsey via License-discuss wrote:
> Hi, all!
>
> Over the years, there have been a few discussions on this list regarding the PHP license. Other parts of the open source community (e.g., Debian) have had lengthy discussions and disagreements regarding the license, as well. The TL;DR sentiment of all these discussions amounts to: change the license to something well-understood and less problematic.
>
> So, that’s what I’m proposing to do in a new RFC I’ve drafted for the PHP project: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update
>
> I’ve not opened this up for discussion within the PHP project yet, since I’m still collecting feedback, and that’s why I’m sharing it here. I’ve put a lot of work into presenting what I think is a sound and well-reasoned argument for this change, and I’m asking for feedback from this group regarding the method and theory I’m using to go about it.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
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