2010•International Free and Open Source Software Law ReviewOpen access

Licence Profile: Apache License, Version 2.0

Andrew Sinclair

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The Apache License, Version 2.0 is a widely used permissive open source software license which builds on the terms of other permissive open source licenses to produce a license with similar principles to those of licenses like the BSD License and MIT License, but with expanded terms. This article is short overview of the license.

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Key concepts: License, MIT License, Open source, Computer science, Permissive, Open source software, Software, World Wide Web