On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 03:18:36PM -0500, Ben Ramsey wrote: > Hi, all! > > Over the years, the open source community, including Debian, has had a few > lengthy discussions and disagreements regarding the PHP license.[^1][^2][^3] > The TL;DR sentiment of all these discussions amounts to: change the license > to something well-understood and less problematic. >
This seems like a simplification that's long overdue: your methodology and justification seem eminently sensible: go for it! [Disclaimer: IANAL, like most others in this group, but would be very interested in anything that made licensing more understandable or simpler] > 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. > See above: all looks good. > Thanks in advance! > Thanks to you for proposing this > Cheers, > Ben > All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater (amaca...@debian.org) > > [^1]: > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Flists.debian.org%2Fdebian-legal%2F+php > [^2]: https://lwn.net/Articles/604630/ > [^3]: https://ftp-master.debian.org/php-license.html >
