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by: Jorge Vicente Cantero and Adriaan Moors
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Good news everyone! By popular demand, we intend to change the Scala license
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Good news everyone! By popular demand, we intend to change the license that Scala is distributed under
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from the [3-clause BSD License](https://github.com/scala/scala/blob/2.13.x/LICENSE) to the [Apache License v2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).
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You have until 10 August 2018 to raise any objections (see below for contact info).
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# Is any of this legal advice?
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No.
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# Why change the license?
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# Why the change?
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A number of contributors have expressed reservations about the asymmetry between our CLA (Apache v2) and our license (BSD-3).
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This change aligns our license with our CLA.
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This change fixes this asymmetry.
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# How is the license different?
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# How are the licenses different?
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Backed by the Apache Software Foundation, the Apache license is essentially a more carefully worded version of the BSD license, with the addition of a patent grant.
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There are a few other smaller differences, discussed below.
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# When will the license change take effect?
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# When will the change take effect?
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Unless valid objections are raised by the deadline, we will immediately begin updating the licensing terms of all applicable files in the
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GitHub repositories of the Scala organization that are currently licensed under the 3-clause BSD License,
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so that subsequent releases will be governed by the Apache License v2.0.
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# How does the license change affect me, as a Scala user or contributor?
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# How does the change affect me, as a Scala user or contributor?
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Practically speaking, we are not aware of any way in which the change would affect you negatively.
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In fact, the patent grant clause should help alleviate any concerns you or your employer may have around patent litigation.
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on [our contributors forum](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/moving-to-the-apache-v2-0-license/1859).
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No other means of communication will be considered on this topic. Please also see: [xkcd #14](https://xkcd.com/14/).
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