[OSGeo-Discuss] The Geotools fork and current relicensing discussion [was Re: The importance of a project's license]

[Alex Mandel]

On 07/27/2012 11:09 AM, Adrian Custer wrote:
> 
> Third, the decision strikes me as between honoring the intent of
> contributors to Geotools 2.6 and honoring the desire of the Geotoolkit
> contributors to take forwards their code base and build a community
> after having been rejected by OSGeo. Personally, it feels wrong to have
> all of Geotools 2.6 relicensed from a *GPL style license to an APL or
> similarly permissive license. My personal motivations are very different
> in those two different environments. However, it also feels wrong to
> impose my strong personal preference in a way that blocks the progress
> of others since I want free software exactly so that others have the
> freedom to leverage my work. This is especially true given that the core
> code base of the two projects was overwhelmingly Martin's work, and that
> the new code base has diverged enormously from the time of the fork.
> 

What licenses does the Apache Foundation accept for projects that join
it? Basically I'm wondering, is it a requirement to relicense in order
to join Apache? If so, which licenses are the options?

Thanks,
Alex