As Shane points out, such "Special exceptions" would in theory be good
enough for an open source project, but it restricts commercial
downstream users beyond the ASF license (which gives them the
"freedom" to NOT distribute the source)
https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved#category-x
However you
Donald Szeto wrote on 9/29/16 6:13 PM:
> Hi all,
>
> I have searched around the Internet and haven't seen this discussed
> (appreciate pointers if I missed any existing discussion).
>
> The exception: https://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/
>
> I am curious how Apache view th
Hi all,
I have searched around the Internet and haven't seen this discussed
(appreciate pointers if I missed any existing discussion).
The exception: https://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/
I am curious how Apache view this exception. Is it okay for Apache source
code to depe
