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Comment by sokoloff

4 years ago

I don’t see this as abuse, but rather an easily contemplated and straightforward use of the license.

What's straightforward about forking an open source project to get more money?

  • The license is not complex, but maybe the Wikipedia summary explanation of the license will help explain how it’s straightforward?

    > The Apache License is a permissive free software license written by the Apache Software Foundation(ASF).[6] It allows users to use the software for any purpose, to distribute it, to modify it, and to distribute modified versions of the software under the terms of the license, without concern for royalties

    [0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License