[jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-439) Q1 Website Review

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

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-439?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16800192#comment-16800192 ] 

Henri Yandell commented on LEGAL-439:
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Digging into the WhatDoesItMEAN FAQ, I realize that text was written for ASL 1.1 and not Apache License 2.0.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20020806022826/http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#WhatDoesItMEAN

Which explains why it seems to miss things.

Here is the ASL 1.1 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}


> Q1 Website Review
> -----------------
>
>                 Key: LEGAL-439
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-439
>             Project: Legal Discuss
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: Document
>            Reporter: Henri Yandell
>            Priority: Major
>
> Using this Jira issue as a scratch space to review our legal website content. Idea is to copy any outstanding items to a fresh ticket each quarter. Or come up with a new harebrained scheme :)
> Feel free to add any todo items.
> Pages under the Legal Committee purview:
> [https://www.apache.org/legal/index.html]
>  [https://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html]
>  [https://www.apache.org/legal/dmca.html]
>  [https://www.apache.org/legal/ghmon.html]
>  [https://www.apache.org/legal/ramblings.html]
>  [https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html]
>  [https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html]
>  [https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html]
> There are also 38 files under [https://www.apache.org/licenses/]
> Other pages of interest:
> * http://apache.org/free/ - items related to cost of software from the licensing FAQ



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