> On May 23, 2024, at 13:40, Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 22 May 2024 23:13:13 -0500 Ben Ramsey wrote: > > [...] >> I’ve updated the RFC according to your suggestions. > > Good! :-) > Thanks for taking the time to do so. > >> You may find a diff of the changes here: >> >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1716433712&rev2%5B1%5D=1716437291&difftype=sidebyside >> >> >> Please let me know if you have any feedback on these changes. > > After a short review, they look OK to me. > > The only thing that I would emphasize more is: the PHP License, version > 4.0 should not just have the text identical to the 3-clause BSD > license, it should *be* the 3-clause BSD license. In other words, the > PHP Group would not merely publish a new license with a text identical > to the text of another license: the PHP Group would *designate*[^NOTE] > the 3-clause BSD license as the new version of the PHP License (i.e.: > version 4.0). > > [^NOTE]: or *elect*, or *adopt*, the most suitable word should be > chosen by an English native speaker (which I am not) with legal > training (which I do not have)... > > I think that, this way, clause 5 of the PHP License, version 3.01, > would be triggered, but there would be no need to explicitly mention > "PHP License, version 4.0" in the source code of a project that decides > to upgrade its license (from PHP License, version 3.01 to its > successor, the 3-clause BSD license). > The reason would that "PHP License, version 4.0" would become an alias > of "3-clause BSD license"... > > Similarly for the Zend License, of course. > > This is how I see it, but, clearly, it has to be checked with someone > more knowledgeable than me about the legal aspects.
Again, great suggestions, Francesco. Many thanks! I’ve made a few small changes that make it clear that the PHP License, version 4, and Zend Engine License, version 3, both adopt the 3-clause BSD License. Changes here: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1716438337&rev2%5B1%5D=1716527050&difftype=sidebyside Cheers, Ben
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