<div dir="ltr">Hi Ben and the PHP community,<div><br></div><div>I really appreciate the effort to move this forward. Sharing your blog post here to the mailing list and also adding it to OSI's monthly newsletter:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://ben.ramsey.dev/blog/2026/05/the-php-license-simplified">https://ben.ramsey.dev/blog/2026/05/the-php-license-simplified</a></div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div>Nick</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 11:59\u202fAM Ben Ramsey <<a href="mailto:ben@benramsey.com">ben@benramsey.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On behalf of the PHP Group, I am submitting notice of the voluntary retirement of the PHP License 3.01.<br>
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I recently wrapped up a multi-year process, working with the PHP Group, Zend Technologies, and the PHP internals community to invoke clause 5 of the PHP License 3.01[1] to adopt the Modified BSD License as the new version of the PHP License.[2]<br>
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As of today, the PHP License 3.01 is no longer used by PHP, and the PHP project discourages use of the license for new works.<br>
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See also:<br>
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* <a href="https://www.php.net/license/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.php.net/license/</a><br>
* <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/LICENSE" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/LICENSE</a><br>
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The PHP License 3.0 is listed on the OSI website as superseded by the PHP License 3.01. Since 3.01 is retired, 3.0 is also voluntarily retired. (The page for 3.0 is stuck in a redirect loop: <a href="https://opensource.org/license/php-3.0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/license/php-3.0/</a>).<br>
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Since the process for voluntary retirement isn\u2019t described on the OSI website, please let me know if there\u2019s anything else you need from me to complete this process.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Ben<br>
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[1]: <a href="https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt</a><br>
[2]: <a href="https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update</a> <br>
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