I updated the blog post to better explain why changing the license would be hard and would probably never happen.
-Chris On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Marcel Araujo <ceceld...@gmail.com> wrote: > PHP won't die! > > http://ctankersley.com/2015/10/06/zends-acquisition-doesnt-matter/ > > PHP, and the Zend Engine, currently follow the PHP License. There's a line > > at the top though that has people worried: > > Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Zend Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. > > Zend holds the copyright to the Zend Engine, and thus the ability to set > > the license on the Zend Engine. What's the Zend Engine? It's the thing > that > > makes PHP... well, PHP. It turns our written code into something servers > > understand, and makes things work. The only major player that compares to > > it is HHVM (yes, there are others, but HHVM is the only one I've seen > with > > real traction). > > So, as copyright holder, Zend/RogueWave is well within their rights to > > change the license to something more permissive, or lock it down. It is > > their choice. > > If they do decide to do that, they can't change it retroactively. The PHP > > Community as a whole can continue to use previous versions of the Zend > > Engine, as long as they continue to follow the PHP License, and ignore > the > > "new" Zend Engine. Life would find a way. > > There's precedent for that in fact, as when Zend suddenly showed up with > > phpng, there was some talk about not using it. We're a fickle group, and > > PHP internals could, and would, move away from the Zend Engine if needed. > > We'd also gladly continue to use older versions of Zend Engine before the > > license change. > > Worse case, we're all switching to HHVM and we have a few minor bugs to > > figure out. > > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:42 PM, David Zuelke <d...@heroku.com> wrote: > > > On 06.10.2015, at 19:28, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The license cannot be changed without approvals of every contributor > > > to date. I very much doubt they will. And to make that point clear for > > > me, if they do and come with anything but the PHP license, I can > > > already say that I won't accept it. > > > > First, a license change may be necessary from their side in case "Zend > > Technologies Ltd" ceases to exist. > > > > Second, never say never. The PHP and Zend licenses are just BSD licenses > > with a few more or less irrelevant (to the code, the project, and its > > future) additional sections about the use of the word "PHP" in product > > names and that you must under no circumstance feed an Elephpant spinach > on > > the last Friday of the month or something like that. > > > > So a switch to "pure" BSD, for example, probably wouldn't be a big deal, > > even to you, would it? > > > > David > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > *Marcel AraujoAnalista de SistemasDesenvolvedor > PHP/Zend/JavaScript/jQuery/NodeJSLinux User > #490101http://www.twitter.com/marcelarauj0 > <http://www.twitter.com/marcelarauj0>http://blog.marcelaraujo.me > <http://blog.marcelaraujo.me/>http://br.linkedin.com/in/marcelaraujo > <http://br.linkedin.com/in/marcelaraujo>* >
