Re: The new apache license

[Rob Pickering <rob@pickering.org>]

--On 18 February 2004 16:38 -0700 Theo de Raadt 
<deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote:
>
> The new apache license is not acceptable.

I don't like the new license either just because the amount of lawyer 
speak makes it much less clear.

I can't see anything in it that makes it less free though. What am I 
missing?

Specifically section 4 seems to be the only part that addresses 
redistribution and derivatives. Apart from requirements to add 
notices to derivative files I don't see any other new non-cosmetic 
limitations over and above BSD.

All the other guff (patent rights etc) seem to give me more rights 
than BSD. Maybe it's just the fact that I need a lawyer to be sure of 
this that is the problem.



--
    Rob.