Apache 2.0 License Links; Apache 2.0 License Now GNU GPL Compatible

Hello,

   you can find the new Apache 2.0 License now used by
Luxor and all its libraries online @
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Note, that the Apache 2.0 License is now also
compatible with the GNU GPL even though the FSF claims
otherwise:

   The Apache Software License, version 2.0:
   This is a free software license but it is
incompatible with the GPL. The Apache Software License
is incompatible with the GPL because it has a specific
requirement that is not in the GPL: it has certain
patent termination cases that the GPL does not
require. (We don't think those patent termination
cases are inherently a bad idea, but nonetheless they
are incompatible with the GNU GPL.)

    
    Note, that the incompatibility claimed by the FSF
only arises if you knowingly incorporate patented
technology in your own products that isn't offered
free for everyone.         
    
   Luxor like Apache doesn't hold any patents and is
dedicated like Apache to open source software
development and thus, never knowingly incorporates
patented technology in its products unless such
technology has been offered free for everyone.

    You can read the full discussion online @
http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility

    - Gerald


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