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Posted to commits@openoffice.apache.org by ro...@apache.org on 2015/01/28 17:08:20 UTC
svn commit: r1655374 -
/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext
Author: robweir
Date: Wed Jan 28 16:08:20 2015
New Revision: 1655374
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1655374
Log:
Improve grammar, correct name of license
Modified:
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext
Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext?rev=1655374&r1=1655373&r2=1655374&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext Wed Jan 28 16:08:20 2015
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ using open source software under these l
However, not all open source licenses are copyleft license. A subset of open source
licenses, generally called "permissive" licenses, are much more friendly for corporate use. These licenses include the MIT and BSD licenses, as well as the
-[Apache Software License 2.0][3] that we use for Apache OpenOffice.
+[Apache License 2.0][3] that we use for Apache OpenOffice.
Like other open source licenses, the Apache License explicitly allows you to copy and redistribute the covered product, without any license fees or royalties. But because it is a
permissive license, it also allows you to prepare and distribute derivative products, without requiring you to make your own source code public. So both BSA and SFLC/FSF risks
are eliminated, and the cost, to your business, of license compliance is greatly reduced.
-*The Apache Software Foundation does not take a position, recommend or advise the use or non-use
+*The Apache Software Foundation does not take a position on, recommend or advise the use or non-use
of any particular software license or family of licenses.*