• [$] A PHP license change is imminent

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Wed Mar 25 06:40:09 2026

    PHP's licensing has been a source of confusion for some time. The project is, currently, using two licenses that cover different parts of the code base: PHP v3.01 for the
    bulk of the code and Zend v2.0 for code
    in the Zend directory. Much has changed
    since the project settled on those licenses in 2006, and the need for custom licensing seems to have passed. An effort to simplify PHP's licensing, led by Ben Ramsey, is underway; if successful, the existing licenses will be deprecated
    and replaced by the BSD
    three-clause license. The PHP community is now voting on the license
    update RFC through April 4, 2026.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1063993/
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