Discussion:
commercial/company internal use of Apache
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decor86
2012-02-29 23:20:19 UTC
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Hello,
I know that maybe this question is being asked frequently, but here I
have found just one answer long time ago and I am still confused.

Can I install Apache HTTP Server inside company intranet for free,
without any charge or requests, and serve there internal web
application just for internal users? I have found statement in Apache
FAQ, that:

"..It allows you to:
freely download and use Apache software, in whole or in part, for
personal, company internal, or commercial purposes;.."

but, than there are two requirements:
It requires you to:
"... - include a copy of the license in any redistribution you may
make that includes Apache software;
- provide clear attribution to The Apache Software Foundation for
any distributions that include Apache software..."

What these requirements mean exactly? Is it automatically approved,
when I just serve internal web app on Apache? So I can just download
latest version of Apache, install it, configure and thats it?

Thanks for your reply
Eli the Bearded
2012-03-01 22:54:37 UTC
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decor86 <***@gmail.com> wrote:
[quoting apache FAQ]
Post by decor86
freely download and use Apache software, in whole or in part, for
personal, company internal, or commercial purposes;.."
You can use the web server as much as you like as a web server.
For internal or external uses. For personal, educational, or
commercial uses.
Post by decor86
"... - include a copy of the license in any redistribution you may
make that includes Apache software;
- provide clear attribution to The Apache Software Foundation for
any distributions that include Apache software..."
What these requirements mean exactly?
If you are giving apache away to anyone (letting them download the
software, not just letting them use the software) then you have
further obligations to include the Apache license and attribute the
software correctly. That second bit is particularly relevant to
people who sell or give away software packages, people such as
Microsoft, Oracle (Sun), Redhat, etc. Those people need to be
careful what they do if they are providing Apache to people.

Elijah
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expects the poster is not interested in distributing Apache

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