On May 18, 2024, at 19:21, Ben Ramsey <b...@benramsey.com> 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
Apologies for posting the same message to the mailing list multiple
times. I had some difficulties posting to the list, but I think those
have been sorted out (many thanks to Nick and Stefano for your help!).
There's a lot of history included in my proposal document, so I wanted
to call attention to one section in particular I'd like your feedback on
(in addition to the main "Proposal" section); that's the "RFC Impact"
section, where I describe how this proposal could impact other software
that uses the PHP License. Please let me know if what I've described
here is a reasonable interpretation of the "upgrade clause" (clause 5)
of the PHP License, version 3.01.
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update#rfc_impact
Cheers,
Ben
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