[GenABEL-dev] Apache license

[Yury Aulchenko]

Here I forward a few comments by Rob Hooft (many thanks, Rob, for consideration!) 

> The Apache license is, so is the reasoning of some people, even "more
> open" than the GPL, because the GPL requires that it stays open (i.e.
> it adds a restriction where the Apache license has an option).
> Software under an Apache license can be reused in a commercial project
> without giving improvements back to the original project, potentially
> forking the development.
> 
> There is a small potential "but": if the suggested Apache-licensed
> package is dependent on any of the other packages in the GenABEL
> suite, the GPL demands that it becomes GPL as well.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rob