On 28.03.2014, at 02:47, swirl <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard Eckart de Castilho <rec@...> writes: > >> >> If you follow the rules of the Apache Software License, you can copy the > code. >> >> Can you point out to us which issues exactly force you to copy code? > Possibly >> we can up those on our priority lists. >> >> Cheers, >> > Thanks, this being my first project, could explain what does it mean to > "follow the rules of the Apache Software License"? > Pardon my ignorance....
Please read the text of the Apache Software License http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 It gives detailed instructions of what you need to do. Pay particular attention to sections 4) Redistribution and 6) Trademarks. If you have you can word specific questions or doubts about the license, we can give further guidance. You could also have a look at the way that the ASF advises us to deal with the inclusion of third-party code in Apache products: https://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html Also, there is a list of frequently asked legal questions here: http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html HTH :) Cheers, -- Richard
