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Question about Apache-2.0 in space #1831

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tomjmech opened this issue Jan 4, 2023 · 6 comments
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Question about Apache-2.0 in space #1831

tomjmech opened this issue Jan 4, 2023 · 6 comments

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@tomjmech
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tomjmech commented Jan 4, 2023

Excerpt from the Apache-2.0 license:
... each Contributor hereby grants to You
a perpetual, worldwide ... copyright license ...
a perpetual, worldwide ... patent license ...

The copyright and patent grants are restricted: worldwide.
A satellite around Earth is arguably not included by that definition.
Or is it? What about software on the Moon or on Mars?

Is Apache-2.0 licensed software legally usable in space?
@astroesteban
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Do we have any space lawyers in the community? 👀

@ThibFrgsGmz
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It would be good to ask this on cFS as well: they have lawyers in their process.

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tomjmech commented Jan 5, 2023

I asked it over there as well: nasa/cFS#637

@ThibFrgsGmz
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Note: according to ChatGPT, the answer is yes: "the Apache-2.0 license allows the use of Apache licensed software in space". 😁

@astroesteban
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Our AI overlords have spoken 🤖

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Given this was pinged over at CFS, I will close here for the time being.

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