February 18, 2004
Apache License 2.0 taking off
I'm pleasantly surprised to see the new Apache License taking off the way it was intended to be used: not only as the new license for all feathered matters, but also as an easy to use and business friendly template license for other open source projects. Proof: Tim Bray's GenX and CrazyBob's DynAOP framework. Cool. Hopefully people find this a compelling alternative for other template licenses out there. IMHO, the ASL (and other BSD-ish) licenses focus more on facilitating actual use of a codebase, rather than trying to make a political statement about a far-fetched, possibly unrealistic world view where freedom becomes a duty rather than a right.
Comments
The RIFE jumpstart sources use the Apache License 2.0 too :-))
Posted by: Geert Bevin at February 18, 2004 04:04 PM