svn commit: r1889709 - /infrastructure/site/trunk/content/foundation/license-faq.mdtext

[jm...@apache.org]

Author: jmclean
Date: Mon May 10 00:53:00 2021
New Revision: 1889709

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1889709&view=rev
Log:
Reword mod license advice

Modified:
    infrastructure/site/trunk/content/foundation/license-faq.mdtext

Modified: infrastructure/site/trunk/content/foundation/license-faq.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/infrastructure/site/trunk/content/foundation/license-faq.mdtext?rev=1889709&r1=1889708&r2=1889709&view=diff
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--- infrastructure/site/trunk/content/foundation/license-faq.mdtext (original)
+++ infrastructure/site/trunk/content/foundation/license-faq.mdtext Mon May 10 00:53:00 2021
@@ -191,17 +191,15 @@ the ASF).
 
 ## May I re-use (and modify) the Apache License 2.0 itself? ## {#mod-license}
 
-Yes, you are allowed to re-use and modify it. You obviously can't hold the ASF
-legally responsible if this document, with or without changes, is not exactly what you intend it
-to be. We recommend that you obtain your own legal advice so you know
-exactly what you are getting yourself into.
-
-And if you adapt the agreement for your purposes, you have to make
-sure that the phrase 'Apache License', 'Apache', or any confusingly
-similar references or parts that specifically refer to the Apache
-organization **do not appear** in your version of the license (except to
-note that your version is derived and differs from the original provided by
-the ASF).
+You are allowed to re-use our license unchanged, and also to modify it.
+
+But if you modify it you are on your own from a legal point of view, and the result is NOT the Apache License anymore, just a new license inspired from ours.
+
+This means that the terms 'Apache License', 'Apache', or any similar references to the ASF can not appear in your modified license, other than to state that it differs from the original.
+
+Also, you cannot use 'Apache' in the name of the modified license. Names like "Apache License with such-and-such clause" for example are not acceptable as they cause confusion.
+
+Creating a new license is non-trivial, if you do that we recommend that you get your own legal advice.
 
 ## I've made improvements to the Apache code; may I distribute the modified result? ## {#Distribute-changes}
 



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