APSL 1.2

phil hunt philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk
Thu Apr 5 11:59:21 UTC 2001


On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, David Johnson wrote:
> 
> I would definitely try to get Stallman's approval. So far, all Open Source 
> licenses are also Free Software licenses(*). It would be sad if the APSL was 
> the one to fall through the crack between the definitions.
> [...]
> (*) The Artistic License might be an exception, but it does meet the 
> definition in letter and spirit.

According to http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html
the new ("Clarified") version of the Artistic License is Free Software.

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