On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Ben Reser wrote:
> More to the point, this discussion has already been had. The Apache 1.1
> license is GPL incompatable and by extension so is the Subversion
> license with essentially identical clauses:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2000/debian-legal-200006/msg00103.html
The ASF never considered the 1.1 license to be ASF-incompatible in
practice. That is to say, no one has ever been sued by the ASF, or even
asked to stop, for including Apache software inside a GPL release.
Likewise, CollabNet will never sue someone for doing the same thing. Our
intent for the license is to give *everyone* the ability to include it in
their works, with minimal notification and liability exemption required.
We'd like to update it to the Apache 2.0 license, which is even more
explicitly compatible with the GPL, despite the FSF's opinion on this
front. The ASF and the FSF are resolving their last question on this
front. This is not an algorithmic thing, as it depends on how courts are
likely to interpret patent language. But, again, the ASF's intent is to
allow anyone to combine AL-2.0 code with GPL code and distribute it under
the GPL. That would be ours as well.
Brian
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Received on Mon Mar 1 00:50:03 2004