A PHP license change is imminent
Summary
LWN reports on PHP licensing changes, where the PHP project may deprecate existing licenses (PHP 3.01 and Zend 2.0) in favor of the BSD 3-Clause license. The RFC is open for votes through April 4, 2026, with historical context on how PHP licensing evolved since 1995. The change could simplify licensing for contributors and downstream users, impacting OSS and PHP ecosystem licensing practices.