Hi, On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 07:24:26AM +1100, Peter Donald wrote: > > yep 100%. GPL can not use APL and APL can not use GPL. I heard that this > will change with APL1.3 and GPL3 but no one has been able to confirm or > deny this ;)
This was hinted on by Brain Behlendorf last month on debian-legal <http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal-0012/msg00088.html>: > I'm working with Stallman now on modifying the Apache license in such a > way to make it GPL compatible, since I believe fundamentally our > philosophies are compatible. Ask most people who BSD or Apache license > their code if they feel that GPL advocates should be able to use their > code, most will say yes. If I get as far as a draft this'll be one place > I float it. I hope they can come to an agreement. > >I hasten to say that he goes on to say: > > > >> I might just start releasing it with a Apache license > >> instead. > >> > >> Also, I'm excited! I got Ant to work today!!!! > > You could ask him to dual license it (GPL/APL) or you could ask him to > place it under BSD (which both APL and GPL can use). It is important to note that (modern) BSD does not have the advertisment and/or trademark clauses that the APL has which makes the APL incompatible with the GPL. But a license without those clauses (APL 3, 5 and 6) is completely compatible with both the APL and the GPL. An example can be found <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html>. Such a license should make both GPL and APL fanatics happy. Cheers, Mark
