New Apache License?
Joe Klemmer
klemmerj at webtrek.com
Wed Feb 25 19:48:24 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 17:55, Mark McGlone wrote:
> > > Looks like the open source world is killing itself..
> >
> > I don't know... It seems to me that it's just showing the one great
> > fault of the GPL.
>
> According to GNU it is incompatible with the GPL (the Apache license), but
> that's because of a part of the Apache license dealing with patents. The GNU
> says the patent clause is a good idea and the next version of the GPL will
> probably include it.
>
> In other words, this is not a philosophical difference or rift between Apache
> and GNU.
That's good. It's nice to see that TPTB are really trying to keep the
GPL current.
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