Apache License Version 2.0
While I was finishing the final edits for this book, the board of directors of the Apache Software Foundation approved version 2.0 of the Apache License. I debated with myself whether to insert a review of that license here. I was reminded of a cat chasing its tail. If I delay the publication of this book for every new license that comes along, I'll never finish.
The Apache License version 2.0 is a much more robust open source license than the other academic licenses already discussed in this chapter. It deserves careful analysis, perhaps a chapter all its own like the GPL, MPL, CPL, and OSL/AFL licenses in the chapters that follow this one. It is a very good open source license, a dramatic improvement over its predecessor. ...
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