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Apple Updates The APSL

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the legalese-if-you-please dept.

i, Mac writes: "Apple just updated the APSL to version 1.2, removing most (if not all) of the requirements that irked the Open Source community. You no longer need to distribute modifications made for personal use, you no longer need to notify Apple of your modifications when you distribute them, and the suspension of the license clause now reads more clearly - See for yourself: " The FSF has a response to the previous iterations of the license if you're curious.

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  1. Re:A problem with a free software license by GregWebb · · Score: 5

    I see the exact point about not playing nicely with other free licenses, but surely the license at fault in that respect is the GPL? I mean, it's the one which places the onerous requirements on the game, NOT the APSL or whatever. It's the one which infects everything it touches.

    Yet the GPL is seen as sacred and beyond criticism. Oh well.

    <duck>

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