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For me personally, important reasons for switching from GPL licenses to Apache are: the Apache license I can read and understand; the GPL is vague in many point
by danieldk 12y ago
For me personally, important reasons for switching from GPL licenses to Apache are: the Apache license I can read and understand; the GPL is vague in many points, leading to multiple interpretations; and license compatibilities between the GPL and other licenses (and between GPL versions/variants).
Also, I don't want to force my ideology (I find FLOSS preferable) on other people, while still giving my software away. However, technical reasons such as the above were 50% of my license choice.
Given the vagueness of the GPL, I can fully understand that many companies do not want to deal with that, even if they want to contribute to FLOSS in some way.
- ue_ 12y agoWhat do you find to be vague about the GPL? I've personally never even had to visit the GPL FAQ at gnu.org.