The content in this page was kindly donated by oracle corp. Notice that the popular licenses featured on the home page gnu gplv3 and mit fall within this spectrum. The thousands of software packages available for ubuntu are organised into four key groups or components. Velocity can be used to generate java source code, sql, or postscript based on templates. Java gui applications learning trail welcome to apache. We welcome enquiries from maintainers considering particular licenses, but we.
Osi agrees with fsf on all widely used freesoftware licenses, but differ from fsfs list, as it approves against the open source definition rather than the free software definition. Open source licenses grant permission for anybody to use, modify, and share licensed software for any purpose, subject to conditions preserving the provenance and openness of the software. License shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as defined by sections 1 through 9 of this document. Most of these opinions were formed in discussions on the debianlegal mailing list in response to questions from potential package maintainers or licensors. There are also several dozen unique licenses for individual open source packages. Asl allows projects and software to be freely downloaded and used, may it be in whole or in part, for personal, company or commercial purposes and without concern for. Spdx license list software package data exchange spdx. The spdx license list is a list of commonly found licenses and exceptions used in free and open source and other collaborative software or documentation. To apply the apache license to your work, attach the following boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets replaced with your own identifying information. Gnu project the gnu operating system and the free software. Subject to the terms and conditions of this license, each contributor hereby grants to you a perpetual, worldwide, nonexclusive, nocharge, royaltyfree, irrevocable except as stated in this section patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the work, where such license applies only to those. Java gui applications learning trail welcome to apache netbeans. It allows users to use the software for any purpose, to distribute it, to modify it, and to distribute modified versions of the software under the terms of the license, without concern for royalties.
The apache software foundation and the free software foundation agree that the apache license 2. Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the open source definition in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. Unless otherwise noted all files in xml commons are covered under the apache license version 2. External tools and tasks external tools and tasks this page lists external resources for apache ant. Corporatefriendly open source licenses stack overflow. This may conflict with some of the terms of the commercial software package. Apache fop comes with a number of libraries all of which are currently coming from within the apache software foundation.
These actions are usually prohibited by law, but the rightsholder usually the author of a piece of software can remove these restrictions by accompanying the software with a software. The swing gui builder in netbeans ide simplifies the gui development process and enables you to visually create java gui applications using preinstalled swing and awt components. Javafx is a rich set of graphics and media packages that enables developers to design, create, test, debug, and deploy rich client applications rias that behave. The asf and its projects release their software products under the apache license. Describes the ability to use the software for commercial purposes.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the software, to deal in the software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, andor sell copies of the software, and to permit. Commercial software is any software or program that is designed and developed for licensing or sale to end users or that serves a commercial purpose. The apache software license asl is a license scheme for free and opensource computer software foss written by the apache software foundation asf. An apache product is a body of software being developed by the asf that the asf intends to both alter and to publish as a separate line of releases. However, you must not name your product in a way that it looks like. Compliance costs and the apache license the apache openoffice compliance advantages as you probably already know, you dont own software in the same way you own a chair or a desk. Weve reached the point where this company does not have the resources to take the software to the next level. Xml commons contains some software and documentation that is covered under a number of different licenses. The following licenses are sorted by the number of conditions, from most gnu agplv3 to none unlicense.
Contributor license agreements the asf desires that all contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to the apache projects complete, sign, and submit via postal mail, fax or email an 1 cla. Once a patent claim is subject to apaches grant of patent license, it is licensed under the terms of that grant to the asf and to recipients of any software distributed by the asf for any apache software product whatsoever. To inspect the license terms please consult the license and notice files in the root directory of the distribution. You can freely use, modify, distribute and sell a software licensed under the apache license without worrying about the use of software. Can i use a apache v2 licensed driver for a commercial project. Top 10 apache license questions answered whitesource. Software is published in one of these components based on whether or not it meets our free software philosophy, and the level of support we can provide for it. Requirements for using an apachelicensed library open. It enables a computer to host one or more websites that can be accessed over the internet using a web browser. Tasks, compiler implementations, ide integration tools, source control systems, loggers, you name it. What is the difference between open source licenses mit, cc0, apache, gnu. To apply the apache license to your work, attach the following.
The poweredbyvelocity page lists a number of open source and commercial development software packages which use velocity in this manner. Adds the necessary infrastructure to declare your package as licensed with one of these popular open source licenses. Generally if its a third party library you didnt write it, you cant or dont want to change it, you will want to use a wrapper module see devfaqwrappermodules. By default openmeetings uses the integrated apache derby database.
Commercial software was once considered to be proprietary software, but now a number of free and opensource software applications are licensed or sold to end users. The apache license is a permissive free software license written by the apache software foundation asf. Instead, you license the software from the publisher. If you are an asf pmc with a truly exceptional situation, please create a jira issue. So in the apache faq the asf references their own software. Not all the libraries using the apache license are from the apache software foundation asf. While this license is intended to facilitate the commercial use of the program, the contributor who includes the program in a commercial product offering. Various licenses and comments about them gnu project. All in all, the most acknowledged business friendly license are imho the apache license, the artistic license and the mozilla public license. Word processors android apps ios apps commercial trademarked formerly proprietary formerly opensource community. The apache software foundation asf was founded in 1999 by a group of opensource enthusiasts who saw the need to create a legal entity to institutionalize their work. Products derived or modified from licensed software can be distributed under other licenses. Can i use an open source library licensed under apache license. Apache licensing and distribution faq apache software.
For apache works, be sure to republish a copy of the apache license, together with a prominent notice on any modified files that you have changed the files. A free software license is a notice that grants the recipient of a piece of software extensive rights to modify and redistribute that software. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code. However, while using apache licensed software in your commercial product. Difference between different types of open sources licenses. Like all apache software foundation software, apache openoffice is free to use. The lgpl on the other hand has the requirement that either the lgpl library links dynamically and can be replaced by a user or the entire work must be released under a gplcompatible opensource license. It considers free software permissive license group to be a reference implementation of a free software license. Selection from understanding open source and free software licensing book. The group open source initiative osi defines and maintains a list of approved opensource licenses. A permissive license whose main conditions require preservation of and license notices.
If you want to use a lax, permissive noncopyleft free software license, it is much better to use the modified bsd license, the x11 license or the expat license. The apache license is a permissive free software license written by the apache software. After that you have the no competing commercial product licenses. Open source licenses grant permission for anybody to use, modify, and share licensed software for any purpose, subject to conditions preserving. A product is a consumer product regardless of whether the product has substantial commercial, industrial or non.
Commercial distributors of software may accept certain responsibilities with respect to end users, business partners and the like. If youve written something that should be included, please. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the software, to deal in the software without restriction, including wit. The apache software foundation uses various licenses to distribute software and documentation, to accept regular contributions from individuals and corporations, and to accept larger grants of existing software products. The apache license does not place any restrictions on software that links to a plugin or library that is distributed under the apache license. Even better, for a substantial program, use the apache 2. The apache license is a permissive open source software license so you can release your modified version of the apache licensed product under any license of your choice. For production environment you should consider using mysql, postgres, or for example ibm db2, or oracle, or mssql. The purpose of the spdx license list is to enable easy and efficient identification of such licenses and exceptions in an spdx document, in source files or elsewhere. Apache software cannot be redistributed without attribution.
Media driver offers training classes for developers and administrators, as well as middleware management software. These products have had a nice run of 21 years in the commercial marketplace. That said, heres what the apache license says in laymans terms. All software produced by the apache software foundation or any of its projects or subjects is licensed according to the terms of the documents listed below. Furthermore, even if creative commons is not widely used for software development, some options are business friendly.
Licensor shall mean the owner or entity authorized by the owner that is granting the. Products derived from this software may not be called apache nor may. This means you may use it for any purpose domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. The first version of apache was released in 1995 by the apache group. Best of all, apache openoffice can be downloaded and used entirely free of any license fees.
Can asf pmcs host projects that are not under the apache license. The text should be enclosed in the appropriate comment syntax for the file format. Hyte under the apache license, hyte offers hyte mq, an open source package of apache activemq, which provides enterprises a single distribution to support all devops pipelines and allows deployment in any environment. Two years ago, when we rounded up the numbers for 2017, the permissive apache 2. I have made changes to an apache package and i want to distribute them. This page presents the opinion of some debianlegal contributors on how certain licenses follow the debian free software guidelines dfsg.
These licenses help us achieve our goal of providing reliable and longlived software products through collaborative open source software development. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. The apache software foundation licenses explained in plain. This is the original apache license which applies only to older versions of apache packages such as version 1. In 1999, the apache group became the apache software foundation, a nonprofit organization that currently maintains. Preamble the gnu affero general public license is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure cooperation with the community in the case of network server software. They allow a user to build commercial software on top of open source software, or extend open source products, and declare their work as. Can you use software under mit licence for commercial use. The full license text can also be accessed via the web from the apache licenses page. I didnt find any definite answers on the web so im asking for a definite answer to the question.
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