On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Keith Curtis <keit...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You cannot simply strip the Apache License off of the code. You must >> respect its terms. >> >> Your overall work could be GPL'd, but that one file that comes with an >> ALv2 license must continue to have that license. Stripping the header >> off of it, and applying a different license, is a copyright violation. > > I have not seen a lawsuit over an Apache license, though I've only > been watching for a few years. Is it possible?
I can confirm that we have gotten people to address compliance issues that we have found. And the fact that we have managed to do so without resorting to a lawsuit is goodness. And, no, I have no intention naming names. > I believe I can sublicense it or something, with terms that make the > whole thing proprietary. People can make Apache code proprietary > somehow, right? That is the big benefit of it. And when I've done > that, I don't have to worry about the old redistribution terms or any > of the old terms anymore. Fully disagree. I encourage you to read the terms. > -Keith - Sam Ruby --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
