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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:14:02 +0100
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To: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Simplify license headers
From: peterkokot@gmail.com (Peter Kokot)

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 20:39, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi internals,
>
> Some of our source files currently contain a license header similar to this:
>
> /*
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | PHP Version 7 |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license, |
> | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is |
> | available through the world-wide-web at the following url: |
> | http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt |
> | If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to |
> | obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to |
> | license@php.net so we can mail you a copy immediately. |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Authors: Andi Gutmans <andi@php.net> |
> | Zeev Suraski <zeev@php.net> |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> */
>
> I would like to make two changes to this header:
>
> 1. Change "PHP Version 7" line to just "PHP", to avoid the necessity of
> updating this for new major versions. I don't think the version information
> here is particularly useful to anybody.
>
> 2. Remove the "Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group" line. Apart from
> requiring a yearly update, this line is actually complete misinformation,
> because the PHP group does *not* hold the copyright for the PHP source
> code. This would require a copyright assignment agreement on behalf of all
> contributors, which we do not collect.
>
> We could also just drop the header entirely, I'm just proposing these two
> changes as the path of least resistance towards getting the "annoying"
> parts removed.
>
> Regards,
> Nikita

And maybe also additional change from:
http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt
to https short link that points to license content as well:
https://php.net/license/3_01.txt

-- 
Peter Kokot