Apple Public Source License

Apple Public Source License
Author Apple Inc.
Latest version 2.0
Published August 6, 2003
DFSG compatible No[1]
FSF approved Yes (Version 2.0, not versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2)[2][3]
OSI approved Yes
GPL compatible No[2]
Copyleft Partial
Linking from code with a different license Yes

The Apple Public Source License is the open-source and free software license under which Apple's Darwin operating system was released. A free and open-source software license was voluntarily adopted to further involve the community from which much of Darwin originated.

The first version of the Apple Public Source License was approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).[4] Version 2.0, released July 29, 2003, is also approved as a free software license by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) which finds it acceptable for developers to work on projects that are already covered by this license. However, the FSF recommends that developers should not release new projects under this license, because the partial copyleft is not compatible with the GNU General Public License and allows linking with files released entirely as proprietary software.[5] The license does require that if any derivatives of the original source are released externally, their source should be made available.

Many software releases from Apple have now been relicensed under the more liberal Apache License, such as the Bonjour Zeroconf stack, but not OpenPlay.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "Apple Public Source License (APSL)". The Big DFSG-compatible Licenses. Debian Project. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 2.x". Various Licenses and Comments about Them. Free Software Foundation. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  3. ↑ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apsl1
  4. ↑ Raymond, Eric. "OSI clarifies the status of the APSL". Linux Weekly News. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ FSF website

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