From 38a47b4358b2e149dcaaa02a417dc527cabb02ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Hodder Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:38:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: Add Apache License note (#2086) Add a note the licensing section, stating that references using the Apache License are acceptable on a case-by-case basis when there is no MIT-licensed alternative. * Follow-up to #1994 / https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2493 * Intended to resolve issue #2086 --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index c9a50cd1eb..1a78d8bf0c 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ The following types of license are acceptable: * "MIT equivalent" license (2-clause BSD, 3-clause BSD, ISC) * License less restrictive than the MIT License (CC0 1.0 Universal) +Some licenses are similar to the above, but are not preferable because they +contain additional conditions not present in the MIT License. The following are +accepted in referenced dependencies, on a case-by-case basis, when there is no +MIT-licensed alternative: + +* Apache License version 2.0 + Licenses we will not use: * An ambiguous license, or no license