PHP will retire PHP License 3.01 and replace it with BSD-3-Clause after a multi-year process led by the PHP Group and community maintainers. 🐘
The change also retires the non-OSI Zend Engine License, removing GPL compatibility issues and simplifying redistribution for Linux distributions. 🔓

🔗 https://fossforce.com/2026/05/the-php-license-is-dead-long-live-the-bsd-3-clause/

#TechNews #PHP #BSD #BSD3Clause #OpenSource #GPL #OSI #ZendEngine #FOSS #Linux #Licensing #WordPress #Developers #OSS #Software #Programming #Security #OpenSource #Privacy

What is Copyleft? 🤔🤔

a) A method for making a piece of software free of charge, and all modified versions free of charge.
b) A method for making a piece of software #FreeSoftware, and all modified versions Free Software.
c) A method to enable a piece of software to be copied.
d) Another term for copyright used when talking about software.

#SoftwareFreedom #Licensing

Solus begins the process of sorting out their licensing situation

Hello everyone! We want to talk about our licensing situation and our plan regarding it. Let’s dive in!

TL;DR: We are trying to relicense of package recipe

Clearing up the Fog

https://piefed.social/c/solus/p/2051074/clearing-up-the-fog

I think AI is pushing me toward the AGPL – by Julio Merino

Julio Merino는 AI 코딩 에이전트의 등장으로 오픈소스 라이선스에 대한 기존 신념에 의문을 제기한다. AI가 기존 프로젝트를 쉽게 변형하고 확장할 수 있게 되면서, BSD 라이선스처럼 느슨한 라이선스는 프로젝트의 무분별한 포크와 유지보수 부담 증가를 초래할 수 있다고 본다. 이에 대응책으로 AGPLv3 같은 강력한 카피레프트 라이선스가 필요할지 고민하며, AI 시대에 오픈소스 기여와 유지 관리의 새로운 도전과제를 제기한다. 또한, 테스트 스위트를 비공개로 유지하는 전략도 논의하지만, 이는 오픈소스 정신과 상충할 수 있음을 지적한다.

https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/ai-and-agpl-licensing

#opensource #licensing #aiagents #agpl #softwaremaintenance

Multiple submissions on the @lobsters front page today with discussions about post-open source software licensing

I took that as a sign to register https://arewepostopensourceyet.com

Let me know your ideas for what to track on this newest of "Are We ${X} Yet?" domains!

#licensing #software #areweyet

"SLAM is neither Free Software or Open Source. SLAM is released under the terms of the Peer Production License. This limits use to individual users, non-commercial entities, and other worker owned cooperatives"

The post-open source era is here and I'm 100% here for it

https://worker.informatics.coop/slam/

#linux #nix #licensing

PHP Officially Retires Its Legacy License

｢ the licensing change simplifies compliance for downstream projects and Linux distributions. The previous PHP License included naming restrictions specific to PHP, and the Zend Engine License was not OSI-approved. An earlier RFC also noted that neither license was GPL-compatible. ｣
https://linuxiac.com/php-officially-retires-its-legacy-license/

#php #licensing #opensource

Paramount Will Keep Licensing Some Content To Third Parties; CEO David Ellison Says Strategy Makes Company “Much More Desirable” To Talent
#Executives #News #DavidEllison #Earnings #Licensing #Paramount #ParamountSkydance #Programming #Streaming

https://deadline.com/2026/05/paramount-licensing-programming-david-ellison-1236880495/