> On Jul 14, 2025, at 08:13, Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Jul 2025, Ben Ramsey wrote: > >> The RFC is available at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_license_update >> >> Discussion will remain open for at least six months to ensure all >> interested parties have an opportunity to respond. > > Thanks for tackling this. Licensing issues can be thorny. > > I only really have one comment — why wait until (specifically) PHP 9, > and not PHP-next (the one after 8.5)? > > cheers, > Derick
I don’t think there are any technical or legal reasons for this. When I began discussing this with others a few years ago, the next major version (PHP 9) seemed like the right time to make a major licensing change. If others think PHP-next (i.e., either 8.6 or 9.0, whichever comes first) is the right version for this change, then I’m okay with that. Cheers, Ben
