[email refers to Apache License, version 2.0] > Lots of questions get asked about 'can I include > Tomcat/Jserv/xxx in my commercial product,' even though > *careful* reading of the current license answers that. > It may be better to be verbose if that cuts down on > frequently asked questions.
Uhm, if the current license draft gets adopted, I would expect that the number of binary distribution questions will explode rather than decrease. Deciphering the meaning of 7b is a nightmare at best. One sentence in this monster paragraph goes over 11 lines!! As a programmer, I'm most interested what the license says about derivative work. For me, there are only 3 "spiritual" filing cabinets: BSD, GPL, LGPL. Any additional license conditions on top of those can usually easily be accommodated (from a programming point of view). Up to now, Apache's license was clearly of BSDish character. Reading through the new one, that clarity regarding derivative works is gone. After reading multiple times through point 7, my best guess is that the new license still allows binary derivative works without the contribution of modifications but I'm far from sure about this. best regards, Iowa
