Hyman Rosen wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > Go to doctor, Hyman. > > Instead, we will go once more to the involved parties: > > <http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#GPL> > > Is the Apache license compatible with the GPL (GNU Public License)? > From the Free Software Foundation website: > <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/#SoftwareLicenses>
They are merely quoting the FSF's FAQ to ease the mind of brainwashed people like you, Hyman. Did you note "Please note that this license is not compatible with GPL version 2" quote from the FSF? <chuckles> The concept of the GPL "compatibility" worries only GNUtians. > > Apache License, Version 2.0 > This is a free software license, compatible with version 3 of > the GPL. Please note that this license is not compatible with > GPL version 2, because it has some requirements that are not > in the older version. These include certain patent termination > and indemnification provisions. http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html "The Free Software Foundation considers the Apache License, Version 2.0 to be a free software license, compatible with version 3 of the GPL. Despite our best efforts, the FSF has never considered the Apache License to be compatible with GPL version 2, citing the patent termination and indemnification provisions as restrictions not present in the older GPL license. The Apache Software Foundation believes that you should always try to obey the constraints expressed by the copyright holder when redistributing their work. No, we don't have any patents The Apache Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to open source software development. We never knowingly incorporate patented technology in our own products unless such technology has been offered free for everyone. Please note that this discussion only benefits third parties that produce GPL-covered products. The Apache Software Foundation does not allow its own projects to distribute software under licenses more restrictive than the Apache License, and the Free Software Foundation does not distribute software under the Apache License. The ASF will not dual-license our software because such licenses make it impossible to determine the conditions under which we have agreed to collaborate on a collective product, and are thus contrary to the Apache spirit of open, collaborative development among individuals, industry, and nonprofit organizations." LOL. regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
