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The Apache License 2.0 mixes copyright law with patent law. Its patent related claims are not acceptable to OpenBSD for example. This site gives a good overvie
by tobiasu 15y ago
The Apache License 2.0 mixes copyright law with patent law. Its patent related claims are not acceptable to OpenBSD for example.
This site gives a good overview:
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/apache2.xml http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/apache2.xml
IMO, you may just as well use GPLv3, ALv2 source is almost as risky in commercial products.
- SeanLuke 15y agoThat URL provides no support for your claim at all, and OpenBSD isn't even mentioned. Sadly, a moderate amount of Googling has turned up nothing about why OpenBSD doesn't allow the Apache License: all dead ends. The only thing that turns up is "well, we don't like it philosophically". Perhaps you could point to something more concrete. "Mixing copyright law with patent law", whatever that means, has nothing to do with risk in commercial products. Apache is very well regarded as a BSD-style license in the commercial environment.