On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM dave2wave (via GitHub) <g...@apache.org> wrote:
> > dave2wave commented on issue #38: > URL: https://github.com/apache/otava/issues/38#issuecomment-2731213072 > > > Since we expect users to copy paste short snippets into their own > code, and that own code isn't necessarily licensed in an Apache compatible > way, nor do we want to burden users with such consideration, it follows > that the code snippets cannot be Apache licensed either, and therefore we > would like to think they're also not copyrightable. > > Not quite true. The Apache License 2.0 is entirely compatible with > users copying code and using it within a differently licensed work. That's > due to the permissive nature of the license. Also, the license is a license > to copy. > Hmm.. I tried to be careful when I wrote that... I mean things like paragraph 4, where someone copying a few lines of example code would need to then also distribute a copy of the apache license, list of trademarks, etc... That seems to defeat the purpose of providing examples, if it becomes impractical to use the examples at all. >From a practical point of view, we want the otava software to be ASL licensed. When a user downloads and executes otava, they become recipients of the ASL. However, if our docs have a few lines of code showing how someone might use Otava from some other system, we don't want that other system to be considered a derivative work of Otava. (Unless of course it incorporates Otava itself.) henrik henrik
