Questions tagged [apache-2.0]
The Apache 2.0 license is a license created by the Apache Software Foundation. Use this tag when the item in question relates to this license.
14 questions from the last 365 days
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Can I modify Apache 2.0 project and license the modifications under AGPLv3?
I have forked a Apache 2.0 repository on github that has not been active for years. I have made modifications to the files. I want to release the modifications under a different license (Apache ...
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How to comply with Apache 2.0 license?
I am working on a software product that uses a third party component "log4net" for logging. Log4net is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net.
I ...
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Is it legal to reverse engineer source from an Apache-2.0 licensed binary, and redistribute that source?
I've recently discovered a tool that is distributed binary-only under the Apache-2.0 license. The authors are clear and explicit that the tool is not "open source" (there is no source code ...
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Has Apache or the FSF commented on whether LLVM's "Apache 2.0 License with LLVM exceptions" is compatible with GPL v2?
According to both the Apache Software Foundation (Apache) and Free Software Foundation (FSF), the Apache License 2.0 is not compatible with GNU General Public License 2.0.
Despite [Apache's] best ...
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License conflicts in Blender shaders
The Blender source code contains the node codes under the GPL license for GLSL, and the exact same code in C++ in cycles for the Apache license. Can I port the Apache code to GLSL, and still use the ...
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Does adding license headers to files without existing headers count as my modification to an Apache 2.0-licensed project?
I recently used a starter template project for an API that is under the Apache 2.0 License, where the project doesn't have a NOTICE file and individual files in that project don't have their own ...
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Apache 2.0 API, GPL 3.0 Server side source code
I'm working in the with the OpenRouteService project to develop a specific custom routing method for a project. I don't include the library itself in my application (although I might include the api ...
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Adding autoconverting clause to AGPL?
I was wondering if there is a straightforward way to have AGPL software autoconvert to a BSD-0 license after some arbitrary time (for example, two years), similar to how the BSL works.
I mostly want a ...
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Different and conflicting licenses in one repository
Let me ask you directly using an example: there is a repository LINK that has a top-level LICENSE file with the Apache license.
However, in the source files there is this note:
This Page can only be ...
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How to use licensed sample code
Specifically interested in architecture-samples and architecture-templates. Seems like they're fairly stripped down stuff, whose express purpose is to be reused, started from, modified etc. Likely ...
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Apache License 2.0 - How to state changes when distributing a derivative software in closed-source way
Let's say if there's a software A licensed under Apache License 2.0. I have a software named B and I want to make A a part of my software and I made some minor modifications to the source code of A. ...
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Want to release FOSS project under under LGPL 3.0, have Eclipse 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licensed code, not sure what to do
I'm finishing up a Java JSON parser that I want to release under the LGPL 3.0 license. Thing is, I'm using JUnit 5 for unit tests (falls under the Eclipse 2.0 license), and some Apache Commons code ...
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Do I put my license/copyright header on top of a permissively-licensed file I found on the internet?
I found a nice Python class on a website devoted to nice Python gists - and on its web page (but not in the source code) it has the author's name and says it is PSF licensed - which wikipedia says is ...
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Apache 2.0 and patent grant to the code not related to the contribution
Imagine, a company, contributes to a huge Apache 2.0 project. The company owns a patent. The project is huge, and there's a small fragment of its code which infringes on the patent. The company ...
