zentol commented on code in PR #570: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/570#discussion_r965787364
########## _posts/2022-09-08-akka-license-change.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Regarding Akka's licensing change" +date: 2022-09-08T08:00:00.000Z +categories: news +authors: +- Chesnay: + name: "Chesnay Schepler" + +--- + +On September 7th Lightbend announced a [license change](https://www.lightbend.com/blog/why-we-are-changing-the-license-for-akka) for the Akka project, the TL;DR being that you will need a commercial license to use future versions of Akka (2.7+) in production if you exceed a certain revenue threshold. + +Within a few hours of the announcement several people reached out to the Flink project, worrying about the impact this has on Flink, as we use Akka internally. + +The purpose of the blogpost is to clarify our position on the matter. + +Please be aware that this topic is still quite fresh, and things are subject to change. +Should anything significant change we will amend this blogpost and inform you via the usual channels. + +# Give me the short version + +Flink is not in any immediate danger and we will ensure that users are not affected by this change. + +The licensing of Flink will not change. Review Comment: We had users explicitly asking about this. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
