St Leger, Jim wrote on 2020-2-12 12:26PM EST: > I have heard that ASF only accepts projects that are licensed under the > Apache license. > I've searched and do not find this specifically called out. Perhaps it's > assumed. > Can you please confirm or correct if this is the case?
It depends. We always develop and *ship* software under Apache-2.0: https://www.apache.org/licenses/#distributions But many of our projects contain dependencies or other materials that may still be under other, similar permissive-style licenses. > And if yes, does that mean that a project that uses another permissive > license (e.g. BSD, MIT, etc.) would have to get all copyright owners to agree > to a move to an Apache license prior to approaching the ASF? The Incubator has an IP Clearance guide which is the place to start: https://incubator.apache.org/guides/ip_clearance.html Once you have a proposal for bringing a project to the Incubator, there are people on the relevant incubator mailing lists who can help with the process. In practice, accepting a codebase that's being willingly donated and is under similar permissive licenses is just fine, and not that hard to do. Good luck! -- - Shane ComDev PMC & Member The Apache Software Foundation --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
