The Apache Software License version 2 is a substantially more complex document than the BSD license (4 pages versus 1) which explicitly declares each right granted or restricted.

The Apache License is one of the most permissive free software licenses. It allows for intellectual property to be modified and redistributed.

Wilmington, DE, Aug. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Apache ® Software Foundation (ASF), the world's largest Open Source foundation, announced today the availability of the annual report for its ...

Annual report highlights advances in security, infrastructure, and global policy engagement and underscores The ASF’s role as ...

Representatives of Free Software Foundation and the Apache Software Foundation said Tuesday they expect to iron out the "11th hour" legal problem that created incompatibility in the latest and ...

Oracle has given the OpenOffice office suite to Apache, with IBM's blessing. The Document Foundation, creators of the LibreOffice, an OpenOffice fork, can live with this move.

Microsoft has released the source code for the Web Sandbox runtime created by its Live Labs team under the Apache 2.0 license. Microsoft released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build of ...

Today at the OSCON open source software convention, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) got an unexpected new sponsor: Microsoft. The Redmond software giant, which will contribute $100,000 ...

Druid, an open source database designed for real-time analysis, is moving to the Apache 2 software license in order to hopefully spur more use of and innovation around the project. It was open ...

The Apache Software Foundations has threatened to quit the Java governing body if Oracle continues to refuse a restriction-free source code test kit license for the Harmony Project.