The PHP Foundation: The past, the present, and the future
summary
History of PHP governance leads to a new nonprofit that funds core work, with $664,000 raised (about $580k after fees), six initial hires contracting to fix CI, opcache, FPM, enums, refactors and documentation, and ongoing monthly commits now ranking those developers among top contributors. Foundation uses Open Collective for legal/financials, pays $104k+ so far, prioritizes maintenance over flashy features, preserves RFC decision power, and plans technical writing and mentoring to raise the bus factor.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 2:34History of PHP and open source
- 5:25The bus factor problem
- 9:43Founding the PHP Foundation
- 14:53Legal structure and funding
- 18:25Donations and financial transparency
- 20:11Hiring and developer contracts
- 22:42First six funded developers
- 25:33Foundation structure and community
- 26:54Developer contributions and impact
- 27:40Projects and technical work
- 31:17Survey and future plans
- 32:27Q&A session
