Re: Rogue Wave Software acquires enterprise PHP leader Zend

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:21 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just read the news about the Zend acquisition: > > http://www.zend.com/en/resources/news-and-events/newsroom/press/3683_rogue-wave-software-acquires-enterprise-php-leader-zend-acquisition-broadens-enterprise-strength-across-top-five-development-languages > I'm curious how will this change the License of the Zend Engine. > If anybody not familiar with the situation, the Zend Engine has it's own > license, the Zend License: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_License#Zend_Engine_License > and that > refers to the Zend Technologies and zend.com everywhere. > I would like to ask Zeev/Andi about what does the acquisition mean for the > php project and if they already have a plan about what to do with the Zend > Engine license in the future. > > ps: just noticed that http://www.zend.com/license/2_00.txt is a > 404 even > thought that is linked from php-src/Zend/* and from the wikipedia page on > the Zend Engine License. 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. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org