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It's common among Rust projects (the standard library also uses it). Apache 2 has a patent grant so it's preferred by companies, but is not compatible with GP
by nicbn 2y ago
It's common among Rust projects (the standard library also uses it).
Apache 2 has a patent grant
so it's preferred by companies, but is not compatible with GPLv2, and MIT is compatible with GPLv2.
Source: https://prev.rust-lang.org/id-ID/faq.html#why-a-dual-mit-asl2-license https://prev.rust-lang.org/id-ID/faq.html#why-a-dual-mit-asl...
- o11c 2y agoFor completeness: Apache 2 is compatible with GPL 3, which outside the kernel most of the world uses.
- cthalupa 2y ago> which outside the kernel most of the world uses. I'm... Not sure that is the case? Some big projects still on (L)GPLv2, off the top of my head: MySQL & MariaDB, QEMU, Busybox, Git, Wireshark, probably many many more.