> I've just read the news about the Zend acquisition: > http://www.zend.com/en/resources/news-and- > events/newsroom/press/3683_rogue-wave-software-acquires-enterprise- > php-leader-zend-acquisition-broadens-enterprise-strength-across-top-five- > development-languages > I'm curious how will this change the License of the Zend Engine. > If anybody not familiar with the situation, the Zend Engine has it's own > license, the Zend License: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_License#Zend_Engine_License and that > refers to the Zend Technologies and zend.com <http://zend.com/> > everywhere. > > I would like to ask Zeev/Andi about what does the acquisition mean for the > php project and if they already have a plan about what to do with the Zend > Engine license in the future.
In a nutshell, there aren't any changes to be expected - if anything we'll probably be able to invest more into developing the engine in the future. We're not going to change the license. Note that there's also a grant to the PHP project that allows the use & distribution of the Zend Engine under the PHP license when it's bundled with PHP - so PHP is protected no matter what happens. > ps: just noticed that http://www.zend.com/license/2_00.txt is a 404 even > thought that is linked from php-src/Zend/* and from the wikipedia page on > the Zend Engine License. Fixed - thanks! Zeev -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
