Editing Apache License (section)

{{Short description|Free software license}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox software license
| name = Apache License
| image = ASF Logo.svg
| caption = The Apache Software Foundation logo
| author = [[The Apache Software Foundation]]
| version = 2.0
| copyright = The Apache Software Foundation
| date = {{Start date and age|2004|01}}
| spdx = Apache-2.0<br />Apache-1.1<br />Apache-1.0
| OSI approved = Yes<ref name="osi">{{cite web
 | title = OSI-approved licenses by name David Gutierrez & David Louie Gutierrez
 | url = http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
 | publisher = [[Open Source Initiative]]
 | access-date = 31 March 2011
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110428141712/http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical| archive-date= 28 April 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| Debian approved = Yes<ref name="dfsglist">{{cite web
 |url=https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#The_Apache_Software_License_.28ASL.29
 |title=The Apache Software License (ASL)
 |work=The Big DFSG-compatible Licenses
 |publisher=[[Debian Project]]
 |access-date=6 July 2009
}}</ref>
| FSF approved = Yes<ref name="fsflist">{{cite web
 |url=https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2
 |title=Apache License, Version 2.0
 |work=Various Licenses and Comments about Them
 |publisher=[[Free Software Foundation]]
 |access-date=6 July 2009
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716201618/https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html| archive-date= 16 July 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| GPL compatible = Only version 2.0 is compatible with only [[GNU General Public License#Version 3|GPLv3]].<ref name="fsflist" />
| copyleft = No <!-- see [[Copyleft]] -->
| linking = Yes
| website = {{URL|https://www.apache.org/licenses}}
}}

The '''Apache License''' is a [[Permissive free software license|permissive]] free software license written by the [[Apache Software Foundation]] (ASF).<ref name="nmr-permissive">{{cite web|url=http://www.newmediarights.org/open_source/new_media_rights_open_source_licensing_guide |title=Open Source Licensing Guide |author=New Media Rights |publisher=[[California Western School of Law]] |date=2008-09-12|access-date=2015-11-28 |quote=''The 'BSD-like' licenses such as the BSD, MIT, and Apache licenses are extremely permissive, requiring little more than attributing the original portions of the licensed code to the original developers in your own code and/or documentation.''}}</ref> 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]]. The ASF and its projects release their software products under the Apache License. The license is also used by many non-ASF projects.