You can do what you want with the Heron software. You cannot use the trademarks Heron nor Apache in the name of your successor version.
Best, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2023, at 5:32 AM, Windham Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>>> >>>> >> >>
