Apache license do not stop you commercializing the software. Feel free to have a look the license in GitHub, it has a quick helper explain to you.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 20:43 Ron Wilcom <[email protected]> wrote: > ok thank you... so the tech stays 'open source' or can someone claim it > as commercial (and start charging for it?)? > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Josh Fischer" <[email protected]> > To: "Ron Wilcom" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: 1/5/2023 12:05:40 PM > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Retire Heron from the Incubator > > >Retiring a project is specific to retiring a community around the > >project, not necessarily the tech. The source code will still be > >available publicly [1]. Open source projects need a healthy community to > >survive. At this point, I do not think that Heron has hardly any > community > >left. > > > >[1]. https://incubator.apache.org/guides/retirement.html > > > >On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 10:59 AM Ron Wilcom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> *-1 [X ] Do not retire Heron from the Incubator* > >> > >> What does it even mean to 'retire from the incubator'?? Why isn't this > >> project handed up to Apache open source by now? I assume the > libraries/etc > >> will still be available if its "retired"?? Projects still use Heron - > I'm > >> fine if no more updates but the libraries should remain available. > >> > >> Ron W > >> > >> > >> On 2023-01-05 11:50, Josh Fischer wrote: > >> > >> I think it's time to retire Heron from the incubator. Activity has > been > >> close to non-existent on the mailing list. Also [1] after sending out a > >> [DISCUSS] email on the topic, I received zero replies. > >> > >> The vote is by lazy consensus and runs for 72 hours. > >> > >> +1 [ ] Retire Heron from the Incubator > >> -1 [ ] Do not retire Heron from the Incubator > >> > >> Here is my vote: > >> +1 [x] Retire Heron from the Incubator > >> > >> Josh > >> > >> 1. https://lists.apache.org/thread/lxm0ko3bx0y0xzblcnf2wfkw5lk3m00f > >> > >> > >
