On 2012-05-22 3:42 AM, Roberto Galoppini wrote:
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Andrea Pescetti<[email protected]> wrote:
Shane Curcuru wrote:
http://www.apache.org/free
Any glaring errors? Anything I should add, or express more clearly?
I would add, when you state that the Apache License meets the Open Source
Initiative's (OSI) Open Source Definition, that it also meets the Free
Software Foundation's Free Software definition and thus it qualifies as
Free/Libre software. In the case of OpenOffice, which used to ship under a
GNU license, this would be helpful to users who want to be sure that the
license change gives them more freedom and not less freedom than before.
True, although this URL is meant for ASF-wide use, not just for AOO. So
I'm trying to keep the information as simple (and conflict-inducing
phrases free) as possible. But I think a mention that we meet both OSI
and FSF guidelines is worth adding.
Regards,
Andrea.
Great job Shane, I'd consider a couple of minor changes.
Add in the first paragraph that it can be used for any purpose and you
can make copies. I know that a careful reader could read it below, but
many just read the very first paragraph.
Good point.
I'd consider also to add in the "Is Apache software free to use? May I
use it for any purpose?" section a couple of hints for who want to
repackage it, so that we can point this people to thart page.
Again, this page is primarily meant to be a memorable URL to provide as
a reference for the "do I ever have to pay for Apache software" type
question.
What information for repackagers do you mean? Wouldn't that kind of
information better go on the /legal or /licenses areas anyway?
- Shane
Roberto
