{"id":64,"date":"2014-12-04T23:10:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T23:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/open-software-licenses-apache-license\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T21:33:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:33:21","slug":"open-software-licenses-apache-license","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/open-software-licenses-apache-license\/","title":{"raw":"Apache License","rendered":"Apache License"},"content":{"raw":"Read the article at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apache.org\/licenses\/LICENSE-2.0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.apache.org\/licenses\/LICENSE-2.0.html<\/a>\n\n<strong>Background<\/strong>\n\nThis license is more extensive than the BSD and MIT licenses, with some interesting considerations, such as patents and trademarks. 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