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At its Board meeting on May 13, 2020, the Board of the OSI passed
the motion that The PHP License, version 3.01 be approved as an Open
Source Initiative Approved License in the Non-Reusable Licenses
category of licenses and moving the OSI-Approved PHP License version
3.00 to the “superseded” category of licenses.<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Pamela Chestek<br>
Chair, License Review Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/2020 5:01 PM, Pamela Chestek
wrote:<br>
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To the Board of the OSI and the License-Review list:<br>
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Below is the recommendation of the License Committee of the Open
Source Initiative on The PHP License, version 3.01. The Board will
discuss and take action on the recommendation at its next Board
meeting.<br>
<br>
Pamela Chestek<br>
Chair, License Review Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
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License: The PHP License, version 3.01 (Exhibit A)<br>
Submitted: 4 March 2020,
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href="http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2020-March/004716.html"
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Decision date: due no later than the first Board meeting after 3
May 2020<br>
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License Review Committee Recommendation: <br>
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<i>Resolved that it is the opinion of the OSI that the The PHP
License, version 3.01 be approved as an Open Source Initiative
Approved License in the Non-Reusable Licenses category of
licenses. The OSI-Approved PHP License version 3.00 shall be
moved to the “superseded” category of licenses.</i><br>
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<u>Rationale Document</u><br>
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Notes: <br>
<br>
This license is identical to OSI-approved version 3.0 of the
license except for two minor changes: <br>
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- "This product includes PHP, freely available from <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.php.net/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><http://www.php.net/></a>".<br>
+ "This product includes PHP software, freely available from <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://www.php.net/software/" moz-do-not-send="true"><http://www.php.net/software/></a>".<br>
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- “This product includes the Zend Engine, freely available at <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.zend.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><http://www.zend.com></a>.”<br>
+ “PHP includes the Zend Engine, freely available at <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.zend.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><http://www.zend.com></a>.”<br>
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The license has been in use for 14 years.<br>
<br>
There was discussion of the fact that the license has the
trademark “PHP” hard-coded in it, which would impose restrictions
on the use of the PHP trademark even where a project adopting this
license has not used “PHP” for its own name. There was consensus
that this theoretical possibility is not sufficiently troubling to
deny approval of the license, particularly where a virtually
identical version of the license was approved in the past.<br>
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<u>Exhibit A</u><br>
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The PHP License, version 3.01<br>
Copyright (c) 1999 - 2019 The PHP Group. All rights reserved.<br>
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<br>
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without<br>
modification, is permitted provided that the following conditions<br>
are met:<br>
<br>
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above
copyright<br>
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.<br>
<br>
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
copyright<br>
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
in<br>
the documentation and/or other materials provided with the<br>
distribution.<br>
<br>
3. The name "PHP" must not be used to endorse or promote
products<br>
derived from this software without prior written permission.
For<br>
written permission, please contact <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:group@php.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">group@php.net</a>.<br>
<br>
4. Products derived from this software may not be called "PHP",
nor<br>
may "PHP" appear in their name, without prior written
permission<br>
from <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:group@php.net" moz-do-not-send="true">group@php.net</a>.
You may indicate that your software works in<br>
conjunction with PHP by saying "Foo for PHP" instead of
calling<br>
it "PHP Foo" or "phpfoo"<br>
<br>
5. The PHP Group may publish revised and/or new versions of the<br>
license from time to time. Each version will be given a<br>
distinguishing version number.<br>
Once covered code has been published under a particular
version<br>
of the license, you may always continue to use it under the
terms<br>
of that version. You may also choose to use such covered code<br>
under the terms of any subsequent version of the license<br>
published by the PHP Group. No one other than the PHP Group
has<br>
the right to modify the terms applicable to covered code
created<br>
under this License.<br>
<br>
6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the
following<br>
acknowledgment:<br>
"This product includes PHP software, freely available from<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://www.php.net/software/" moz-do-not-send="true"><http://www.php.net/software/></a>".<br>
<br>
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PHP DEVELOPMENT TEAM ``AS IS''
AND<br>
ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO,<br>
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A<br>
PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PHP<br>
DEVELOPMENT TEAM OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,<br>
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES<br>
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR<br>
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)<br>
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT,<br>
STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)<br>
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
ADVISED<br>
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.<br>
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<br>
This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many<br>
individuals on behalf of the PHP Group.<br>
<br>
The PHP Group can be contacted via Email at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:group@php.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">group@php.net</a>.<br>
<br>
For more information on the PHP Group and the PHP project,<br>
please see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://www.php.net" moz-do-not-send="true"><http://www.php.net></a>.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/4/2020 1:58 PM, Ben Ramsey
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Rationale:
According to the commit history[1] for its LICENSE file, the PHP
License 3.0 was published on July 21, 2002. I've been unable to find
any historical discussions related to the approval of the PHP License
by the OSI, but the license has been listed on the OSI website as an
approved license since at least 2006[2][3].
On January 1, 2006, a slight modification was made to the PHP License
for clarification[4]. As a result of this change, the license number
was bumped to 3.01 and has remained at this version number ever since.
The 3.01 version, however, was never added to the OSI list of approved
licenses, and this causes a problem for some organizations who mandate
the use of software with OSI-approved licenses.
A recent post[5] to the PHP General mailing list raised this issue:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">My team’s ability to use the phpdbg utility hinges on OSI approval of
its license. Language at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.php.net/license/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.php.net/license/</a> indicates that
the PHP 3.01 license is OSI approved, but OSI disagrees;
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical" moz-do-not-send="true">https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical</a> shows approval only of
the PHP 3.0 license. (The fact that 3.0 and 3.01 are substantively
identical is no use to us at all.)
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I am submitting this formal request for review on behalf of the PHP
internals[6][7].
Proliferation category:
Non-reusable licenses
This is the category under which the current PHP License 3.0 falls, as
an OSI-approved license.
Please find attached the full text of the PHP License 3.01. It is also
available at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt</a>
[1]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/php/php-src/commits/master/LICENSE" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/php/php-src/commits/master/LICENSE</a>
[2]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060407033057/http://www.opensource.org/licenses/php.php" moz-do-not-send="true">https://web.archive.org/web/20060407033057/http://www.opensource.org/licenses/php.php</a>
[3]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://opensource.org/licenses/PHP-3.0" moz-do-not-send="true">https://opensource.org/licenses/PHP-3.0</a>
[4]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/56567d31b331d3ab7814b36867579116eb14da86" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/56567d31b331d3ab7814b36867579116eb14da86</a>
[5]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://news-web.php.net/php.general/327010" moz-do-not-send="true">https://news-web.php.net/php.general/327010</a>
[6]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/108847" moz-do-not-send="true">https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/108847</a>
[7]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/108848" moz-do-not-send="true">https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/108848</a>
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