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The Apache Software Foundation and the Free Software Foundation agree that the Apache License 2.0 is a free software license, compatible with the GNU General Public License [5] (GPL) version 3, [2] meaning that code under GPLv3 and Apache License 2.0 can be combined, as long as the resulting software is licensed under the GPLv3. [6]
FSF's free software and OSI's open-source licenses together are called FOSS licenses. There are licenses accepted by the OSI which are not free as per the Free Software Definition . The Open Source Definition allows for further restrictions like price, type of contribution and origin of the contribution, e.g. the case of the NASA Open Source ...
The Apache Software Foundation wrote it for their Apache HTTP Server. Version 2, published in 2004, offers legal advantages over simple licenses and provides similar grants. [55] While the BSD and MIT licenses offer an implicit patent grant, [56] the Apache License includes a section on patents with an explicit grant from contributors. [57]
Academic Free License; Adaptive Public License; Apache License; Apache License 2.0; Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions; Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions; Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-Exception; Apple Public Source License; AROS Public License; Artistic License
The Apache HTTP Server (/ ə ˈ p æ tʃ i / ə-PATCH-ee) is a free and open-source cross-platform web server, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0.It is developed and maintained by a community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation.
EDUCAUSE (Ref 2 below) says of the ECL, "It is essentially the Apache 2.0 license with a modification of the patent language to make it workable for many colleges and universities." The two patent clauses are reproduced below. The Apache licence patent clause states: "3. Grant of Patent License.
Academic Free License; Apache License; Apache License 2.0; Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions; Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions; Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-Exception; Apple Public Source License
While the creation of new licenses slowed down later, license proliferation and its impact are considered an ongoing serious challenge for the free and open-source ecosystem. From the free-software licenses, the GNU GPL version 2 has been tested in to court, first in Germany in 2004 and later in the US. In the German case the judge did not ...