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Release 2.35 on Friday 24th ?

Maciej W. Rozycki macro@linux-mips.org
Fri Jul 24 23:55:14 GMT 2020 
On Fri, 24 Jul 2020, Fangrui Song wrote:

> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#apache2
> 
> > This is a free software license, compatible with version 3 of the GNU GPL.
> 
> http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
> 
> > Apache 2 software can therefore be included in GPLv3 projects, because
> > the GPLv3 license accepts our software into GPLv3 works.

 It is as compatible as say the BSD licence is, but it does not prevent a 
licensee from closing down their sources and using them in proprietary 
software.  IOW a licensee is allowed to benefit from other people's work 
without giving anything back.  That's IMO not fair and does not guarantee 
freedom to the piece of software considered, and I think it is important 
to mention when considering an alternative to a piece of GNU software.

 Of course everyone is (hopefully) free to make their own choices.

  Maciej
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