Thanks, I will look into the ASL.
Thanks. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > Disclaimer: IANAL and you should always do your own research before > applying software licenses :) > > The Apache Software License has no bearing on the workings of the ASF. > > Generally, the ASL is a permissive license which allows your software to > be used in a variety of ways/means. The source does not have to be > redistributed with this license. You can also relicense the code. > > As far as compatibility between ASL and GPLv3 is only one way: > https://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html > > GPLv3 is generally similar, but you must distribute the source. Code which > uses GPLv3 must also be distributed as GPL. > > > > Andrew Wells wrote: > >> I have been working on a tool, that I am calling Q4A. >> >> However, due to my upcoming wedding, I have not had much time to work on >> it. I was hoping during the Accumulo Hackathon this week, I could actually >> get some more elbow grease into it and maybe get some help working on it. >> >> Currently, I need someone to give me some advice on Licensing for the >> tool. >> So if anyone would like to give some advice that would be great. >> >> I was looking at the ASF license but it not sure how it works for outside >> the ASF and the GPL3 which is said to be compatible with the ASF license. >> >> -- *Andrew George Wells* *Software Engineer* *awe...@clearedgeit.com <awe...@clearedgeit.com>*
