Re: Apache LICENSE [Randy Terbush ]

[Brian Behlendorf <br...@hyperreal.com>]

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Subject: Re: Apache LICENSE (fwd) 
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 10:54:44 -0500
From: Randy Terbush <ra...@zyzzyva.com>

> Forwarded message:
> > From: Daniel Quinlan <qu...@yggdrasil.com>
> > To: apache-bugs@mail.apache.org
> > Subject: Apache LICENSE
> > 
> > This message is regarding the LICENSE that appears with the Apache 0.6.5
> > distribution.
> > 
> > My employer company, Yggdrasil Computing, distributes a free version of
> > the Linux operating system on CD-ROM.  All of the software that we include
> > is free, meaning that source code is included and that (excessive)
> > restrictions are not made on the modification, use, or sale of the
> > software.

My 2 cents on this would be to resist moving Apache under the GPL.
The GPL has mixed acceptance in the community and would only cause
us similar grief in the BSD camps.

I don't really understand why "reasonable price" gives them a problem...

> > I'm no lawyer, but I am almost certain that "should" has no firm legal
> > meaning.

This is probably a valid point. Perhaps we should change to "must".