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For the first time Erlang 18 shipped under Apache License 2.0, it will likely have a meaning for Erlang's future development. The Industrial Erlang User Group h

For the first time Erlang 18 shipped under Apache License 2.0, it will likely have a meaning for Erlang's future development. The Industrial Erlang User Group has spent quite some effort on that.

MCRed 11y ago
Can you explain why, or link to a summary of the history? Wasn't it a license specific to erlang in the past? If so that's great as Apache is standard. But if it went from another common license I'm curious to know why.
- nosequel 11y ago
  It didn't come from another common license. It came from the EPL (Erlang Public License http://www.erlang.org/EPLICENSE http://www.erlang.org/EPLICENSE). Erlang users have been asking for the change for years and OTP 18 finally delivered on the promise.
- brucify_ 11y ago
  The previous versions of Erlang were using the Erlang Public License 1.1, a modified Mozilla Public License adapted with Swedish laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_Public_License