At 02:32 23/2/01 +0100, Ceki Gülcü wrote:
>Absolutely agree. However, a good portion of the world does not. We should
strive to accommodate both camps. Could anyone explain what dual GPL/APL
licensing really means? Thanks in advance, Ceki
In terms of Apache it means the value of the Apache name is devaluaed to a
degree. At the moment you can not fork off code but you can not use same
name as Apache project. So if you forket tomcat you could use the code but
would need to name it something else. As at the moment the Apache name is
largely synonymous with quality (with a few exceptions) this could be a
significant threat to some. The only way to get around this would be to use
trademark law (either common or registered trademarks) to protect names but
that is a lot more work/money. The other issue is that the APL requires
giving credit which is either good or bad depending on who you ask ;)
Cheers,
Pete
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