[jira] [Updated] (LEGAL-451) FAQ: What does it mean? (license)

["Henri Yandell (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-451?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Henri Yandell updated LEGAL-451:
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> FAQ: What does it mean? (license)
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>                 Key: LEGAL-451
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-451
>             Project: Legal Discuss
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: Document
>            Reporter: Henri Yandell
>            Priority: Major
>
> The existing FAQ was for ASL 1.1 on license-FAQ.html.
> We should determine if we want to add a new AL 2.0 variant.
> Old url:  [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806022826/http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#WhatDoesItMEAN]
> Here is the old ASL 1.1 related text:
> {quote}I'm not a lawyer. What does it all MEAN?
> Describing legal documents in non-legalese is fraught with potential for misinterpretation. Notwithstanding the text that follows, the actual text of the license itself is legally binding and authoritative.
> That said, here's what the Apache license says in layman's terms:
> It allows you to:
> freely download and use Apache software, in whole or in part, for personal, company internal, or commercial purposes;
> use Apache software in packages or distributions that you create.
> It forbids you to:
> redistribute any piece of Apache-originated software without proper attribution;
> use any marks owned by The Apache Software Foundation in any way that might state or imply that the Foundation endorses your distribution;
> use any marks owned by The Apache Software Foundation in any way that might state or imply that you created the Apache software in question.
> It requires you to:
> include a copy of the license in any redistribution you may make that includes Apache software;
> provide clear attribution to The Apache Software Foundation for any distributions that include Apache software.
> It does not require you to:
> include the source of the Apache software itself, or of any modifications you may have made to it, in any redistribution you may assemble that includes it;
> submit changes that you make to the software back to the Apache Software Foundation (though such feedback is encouraged).
> {quote}



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