Explaining React's license

Re:Explaining React's license by RomanPushkin on Saturday August 19, 2017 @01:04AM (#15051779)

Anyone knows what are consequences of ban from Apache Software Foundation? Okay, it has X-Cat exclusion by August, 31 (https://react-etc.net/entry/apache-foundation-bans-use-of-fa...) and what will happen after that?

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Re:Explaining React's license by gtirloni on Saturday August 19, 2017 @01:19AM (#15051820)

https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html

"Can Apache projects distribute components under prohibited licenses?

Apache projects cannot distribute any such components. This means that no source code can be from Category X and that any convenience binaries produced may not include such contents. As with the previous question on platforms, the component can be relied on if the component's license terms do not affect the Apache product's licensing. For example, using a GPL'ed tool during the build is OK, however including GPL'ed source code is not"

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Re:Explaining React's license by gstein67 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @06:45AM (#15052696)

Note that this only applies to projects from the Apache Software Foundation. Its policies do not affect outside projects, including those using the ALv2.

After August 31, no Apache projects can make a release that has a hard dependency/requirement on the FB/BSD+Patents license (same as for all other licenses described as Cat-X). Older releases will remain in the archives, but no new releases with such dependencies.

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