If he doesn't hear from us within a week, I've told him to assume he
can go ahead.
I can't work out if this acceptable or not.
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Forwarded message:
From: Schrenk Nathan W <nschrenk@students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Questions about Apache License
> Hi,
>
> I'm interested in taking Apache and adding some extensive modifications
> and modules into it for a large client who would be using it on their
> web servers. The Apache license contains the following text:
>
> * Permission is hereby granted to anyone to redistribute Apache under
> * the "Apache" name. We do not grant permission for the resale of Apache, but
> * we do grant permission for vendors to bundle Apache free with other software,
> * or to charge a reasonable price for redistribution, provided it is made
> * clear that Apache is free. Permission is also granted for vendors to
> * sell support for for Apache. We explicitly forbid the redistribution of
> * Apache under any other name.
>
> The part that is worrisome to me is the line that says "We do not grant
> permission for the resale of Apache." Does this prevent me from selling
> a heavily modified version of Apache to a client? If so, would I be able to
> give Apache to the client and sell them my modifications and still be within
> the Apache license? Of course, credit will be given to the Apache project
> in any case. Before I go off and write this beast I wanted to make sure that
> I wouldn't be stepping on anyone's toes in the Apache development effort.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Nathan
>
> --
> Nathan W. Schrenk
> nschrenk@uiuc.edu
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Keeping the modifications and original Apache separate *seems* acceptable
to me, it at least ensures that if others do similar things, the customer
sees they are getting "Free Apache" + paid for work. For this to work, we
also need to stop the customer selling the combined product to others.
Thoughts ?
rob
can go ahead.
I can't work out if this acceptable or not.
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Forwarded message:
From: Schrenk Nathan W <nschrenk@students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Questions about Apache License
> Hi,
>
> I'm interested in taking Apache and adding some extensive modifications
> and modules into it for a large client who would be using it on their
> web servers. The Apache license contains the following text:
>
> * Permission is hereby granted to anyone to redistribute Apache under
> * the "Apache" name. We do not grant permission for the resale of Apache, but
> * we do grant permission for vendors to bundle Apache free with other software,
> * or to charge a reasonable price for redistribution, provided it is made
> * clear that Apache is free. Permission is also granted for vendors to
> * sell support for for Apache. We explicitly forbid the redistribution of
> * Apache under any other name.
>
> The part that is worrisome to me is the line that says "We do not grant
> permission for the resale of Apache." Does this prevent me from selling
> a heavily modified version of Apache to a client? If so, would I be able to
> give Apache to the client and sell them my modifications and still be within
> the Apache license? Of course, credit will be given to the Apache project
> in any case. Before I go off and write this beast I wanted to make sure that
> I wouldn't be stepping on anyone's toes in the Apache development effort.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Nathan
>
> --
> Nathan W. Schrenk
> nschrenk@uiuc.edu
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Keeping the modifications and original Apache separate *seems* acceptable
to me, it at least ensures that if others do similar things, the customer
sees they are getting "Free Apache" + paid for work. For this to work, we
also need to stop the customer selling the combined product to others.
Thoughts ?
rob