On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:45 AM, Felix Schwarz <felix.schw...@oss.schwarz.eu > wrote:
> "Even if you change every single line of the Apache code you're using, the > result is still based on the Foundation's licensed code. You may distribute > the result under a different license, but you need to acknowledge the use > of > the Foundation's software." > http://www.apache.org/foundation/license-faq.html#Distribute-changes > > Probably it's just my English but I'm not sure if the 'You may distribute > the > result under a different license' applies only to the previous sentence > ("if > you change every single line of the Apache code"). > Of course, the standard IANAL disclaimer applies, however, as one that does have a good grasp of English, the "Even" at the beginning of the sentence gives credence to Christian's interpretation. It implies that once can change all the code, but need not to. The amount of code that changes in this case is irrelevant. One line, all lines, or any number of lines, The result is still based on Foundation code. Said result can then be redistributed under another license as along as one "acknowledges the use of Foundation software". This is how I would expect a normal, native English speaker to interpret the paragraph above. -John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To post to this group, send email to trac-dev@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to trac-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev?hl=en.
