> On May 21, 2024, at 11:49, Richard Laager <rlaa...@debian.org> wrote: > > On 2024-05-19 14:53, Ben Ramsey wrote: >> One of my goals with the RFC is to get rid of the idea of a “PHP License,” >> so it deprecates the PHP License and *replaces* it with the BSD 3-Clause >> License. I don’t want there to be a “PHP License, version 4.0.” I think that >> will continue to cause confusion in the community. > > You (the copyright holders) could do both. That is, the PHP 4.0 license would > be the same wording (other than the name) as BSD 3-Clause. That way, you > trigger the "any subsequent version" clause, but then you also subsequently > relicense PHP itself under BSD 3-Clause directly. This would indicate a clear > intention that the PHP License is deprecated, while still getting the "any > subsequent version" benefits for existing software. > > Of course, this assumes that you WANT to trigger that option for third-party > projects, which you may or may not. (I think you should want that, but it's > not my code, so my opinion doesn't really matter.)
Honestly, I hadn’t considered this option before mailing this list, so I’m glad I mailed this list. :-) After thinking it over, I do think we want to trigger this option for third-party projects, so that they have a clear path to upgrade the BSD 3-Clause license. Cheers, Ben
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