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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:50:31 -0500
From: Dan Diephouse <dan@envoisolutions.com>
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Subject: Re: [Request For Comment] Third-Party Licensing Policy
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Spectacular work Cliff. This is great to see. Looks like you've put a 
lot of thought into clarifying Apache's license stance!

- Dan

Cliff Schmidt wrote:
> See http://people.apache.org/~cliffs/3party.html for a draft policy 
> regarding the use of third-party works in Apache products and their 
> various licenses.  The policy includes license criteria, lists of 
> specifically authorized and excluded licenses, a license labeling 
> policy, options for works under excluded licenses, and a transition 
> policy.
>
> Please send any comments, concerns, feedback, and flames to this list, 
> unless you have a special need to keep your comments private (since 
> this list has a publicly accessible archive).
>
> Although this is an internal policy directed at Apache committers and 
> PMC members, it impacts how Apache products will be licensed, which 
> Apache users obviously have an interest in.  Therefore, I'm also 
> interested in any feedback from a user's point of view.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cliff Schmidt
> Legal Affairs Officer
> Apache Software Foundation
>
>
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