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My team’s ability to use the phpdbg utility hinges on OSI approval of its license. Language at
https://www.php.net/license/ indicates that the PHP 3.01
license is OSI approved, but OSI disagrees; https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
shows approval only of the PHP 3.0 license. (The fact that 3.0 and 3.01 are substantively
identical is no use to us at all.) OSI, for its part, indicates that per https://opensource.org/approval, only the “License
Steward” of the PHP 3.01 license has standing to request that it be reviewed, via OSI’s License
Review mailing list.
I would like to see the license review process there carried out as soon as possible, and might
suggest that the apparent inaccuracy of the claim of OSI approval for 3.01 on php.net is a matter
for concern.
Publicly available information does not yield any insight into who the “License Steward” of the
PHP 3.01 license might be, or how to contact any responsible party at the PHP Group. If anyone can
direct me appropriately or forward this message to someone who can, I would very much appreciate
it. Thanks!