Relicensing project to Apache License 2.0 #114
Description
The default COVESA license is Mozilla Public License v 2.0 (MPLv2) because it provides a good balance between wide adoption and a copyleft effect that reduces risk of privatization of the code base by any party at a later time (see COVESA license policy).
There are however occasionally concerns when tools perform some sort of code-generation. There may be implementation choices that includes some part (or derivative thereof) of the tool source code in the generated result. Even if MPLv2 is generally considered a weak copyleft license, and seems unlikely to intend to have that effect on generated code, it is still desirable by some companies to see a permissive license for tools of this nature.
The Apache License v2.0 is a popular permissive license alternative, because of the other conditions that are included.
Therefore, the IFEX project is now exploring the possibility to relicense the project. This ticket tracks the progress.