There is some more discussion going on in the related PR [1]. Based on the current state of the discussion, akka 2.6.20 will be the last version under Apache 2.0 license. But, I guess, we'll have to see where this discussion is heading considering that it's kind of fresh.
[1] https://github.com/akka/akka/pull/31561 On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 11:30 AM Chesnay Schepler <ches...@apache.org> wrote: > We'll have to look into it. > > The license would apply to usages of Flink. > That said, I'm not sure if we'd even be allowed to use Akka under that > license since it puts significant restrictions on the use of the software. > If that is the case, then it's either use a fork created by another > party or switch to a different library. > > On 07/09/2022 11:14, Robin Cassan via user wrote: > > Hi all! > > It seems Akka have announced a licensing change > > https://www.lightbend.com/blog/why-we-are-changing-the-license-for-akka > > If I understand correctly, this could end-up increasing cost a lot for > > companies using Flink in production. Do you know if the Flink > > developers have any initial reaction as to how this could be handled > > (using a Fork? moving out of akka, even though it's probably > > incredibly complex?)? Are we right to assume that this license applies > > when using akka through Flink? > > > > Thanks a lot! > > Robin > > >
