---
title: "RFC: PHP 9.0 may change Licence to BSD"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-php-9-0-may-change-licence-to-bsd-xipmjff08
source_url: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130184
type: share
source: "PHP Dev"
author: "Damien seguy"
published: 2026-02-28T02:01:08.542Z
updated: 2026-02-28T02:01:44.723Z
tags: ["php"]
upvotes: 19
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# RFC: PHP 9.0 may change Licence to BSD

**[PHP Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/phpdev)** · [@damienseguy](https://daily.dev/damienseguy) · 19 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Ben Ramsey has updated the PHP License Update RFC, which proposes relicensing PHP under the Modified BSD License (BSD-3-Clause) starting with PHP 9.0. Key updates include: Zend's copyright name is now formally listed as 'Zend Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of Perforce Software, Inc.', a formal consent letter from Zend Technologies legal counsel has been obtained, and pull requests have been opened for php-src and web-php. With Zend/Perforce's formal consent secured, the RFC is ready to proceed to a vote. A 14-day discussion window is planned before opening the vote on or around March 13.

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**@nop1984** · 6 upvotes

> I just hope we will not be forced to buy subscriptions for json_decode() like in modern cars

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