Release 2.35 on Friday 24th ?
Maciej W. Rozycki
macro@linux-mips.org
Fri Jul 24 23:55:14 GMT 2020
On Fri, 24 Jul 2020, Fangrui Song wrote:
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#apache2
>
> > This is a free software license, compatible with version 3 of the GNU GPL.
>
> http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
>
> > Apache 2 software can therefore be included in GPLv3 projects, because
> > the GPLv3 license accepts our software into GPLv3 works.
It is as compatible as say the BSD licence is, but it does not prevent a
licensee from closing down their sources and using them in proprietary
software. IOW a licensee is allowed to benefit from other people's work
without giving anything back. That's IMO not fair and does not guarantee
freedom to the piece of software considered, and I think it is important
to mention when considering an alternative to a piece of GNU software.
Of course everyone is (hopefully) free to make their own choices.
Maciej
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