[License-discuss] Open Source license question

[Justin Clift]

> Hi all!
> 
> I am an open source project maintainer and I was referred to this 
> mailing list recently as a good place to ask questions.
> 
> I was recently told by a community member that I should not be using 
> the term "Open Source" as it has legal implications and the project 
> doesn't fully embrace that term.

For a more complete discussion, this is the current form of the license 
in question:

     
https://github.com/caprover/caprover/blob/f9d880e8c3b56adfd0778aed105587c63b599db8/LICENSE

With the complete text being:

     Copyright 2017-2023 Kasra Bigdeli

     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
     You may obtain a copy of the License at

         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
implied.
     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.

     Appendix:
     In case of a conflict, the terms of this appendix supersede the 
general apache license.

     -   Unless provided with a written agreement, the paid features of 
CapRover (as a service) cannot be modified.
     -   Unless provided with a written agreement, no persons are 
permitted to redistribute another paid version of CapRover.
     -   Furthermore, any modifications of free features of CapRover 
should be distributed as free & opensource software.

     If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us.

     For terms and conditions of the software and the service, please see 
TERMS_AND_CONDITIONS.md

The "Appendix" on the end there has the additional terms people are 
concerned about.

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift