Apache License 2.0
PermisivaIdentificador SPDX:
Apache-2.0OSI ✓Datos actualizados el 26 sept 2026Traducción automáticaEn pocas palabras
Licencia permisiva con concesión expresa de patentes, cláusula de represalia por patentes y obligación de marcar los archivos modificados.
Analogía: Una caja de herramientas gratuita con la promesa de no demandarte por sus patentes, salvo que tú demandes primero.
Ventajas
- + Concesión expresa de patentes de cada contribuidor
- + Preferida por muchas empresas y fundaciones
- + Protege las marcas
Desventajas
- - Más larga; hay que gestionar el archivo NOTICE
- - No es compatible con GPL-2.0-only
- - No frena a competidores alojados
Proyectos conocidos que la usan
34 proyectos conocidos de nuestro mapa usan esta licencia.
- Android Open Source ProjectSistema operativo · Google
- Apache CassandraBase de datos · Apache Software Foundation
- Apache CouchDBBase de datos · Apache Software Foundation
- Apache HTTP ServerServidor web y backend · Apache Software Foundation
- Apache KafkaMensajería y streaming · Apache Software Foundation
- Apache PekkoHerramientas de desarrollo · Apache Software Foundation
- CaddyServidor web y backend · ZeroSSL
- ChromaBase de datos · Chroma
- ClickHouseBase de datos · ClickHouse Inc.
- Eclipse JettyServidor web y backend · Eclipse FoundationTambién ofrecido bajo: EPL-2.0
- etcdBase de datos · CNCF
- Falcon-40BModelo de IA · Technology Innovation InstituteAdoptada el 31 may 2023
- Hugging Face TransformersModelo de IA · Hugging Face
- KotlinLenguaje y runtime · JetBrains
- KubernetesDevOps · CNCF
- MilvusBase de datos · LF AI & Data
- Mistral 7BModelo de IA · Mistral AI
- Moby (Docker Engine)DevOps · Docker
- NATS ServerMensajería y streaming · CNCF
- OLMoModelo de IA · Allen Institute for AI
- OpenSearchBase de datos · OpenSearch Software Foundation
- OpenSearch DashboardsObservabilidad · OpenSearch Software Foundation
- OpenSSLHerramientas de desarrollo · OpenSSL FoundationAdoptada el 7 sept 2021
- PrometheusObservabilidad · CNCF
- QdrantBase de datos · Qdrant
- Qwen2.5-7BModelo de IA · Alibaba Cloud
- RustLenguaje y runtime · Rust FoundationTambién ofrecido bajo: MIT
- SupabaseServidor web y backend · Supabase
- SwiftLenguaje y runtime · Apple
- TensorFlowModelo de IA · Google
- TiDBBase de datos · PingCAP
- TimescaleDBBase de datos · TimescaleTambién ofrecido bajo: Timescale License
- TypeScriptLenguaje y runtime · Microsoft
- vLLMModelo de IA · PyTorch Foundation
Proyectos que la abandonaron
- 7 sept 2022Akka→ BSL-1.1
- 4 jun 2019CockroachDB→ BSL-1.1
- 14 ene 2021Elasticsearch→ SSPL-1.0 / ELv2
- 20 abr 2021Grafana→ AGPL-3.0
- 20 abr 2021Grafana Loki→ AGPL-3.0
- 14 ene 2021Kibana→ SSPL-1.0 / ELv2
- 19 abr 2021MinIO→ AGPL-3.0
- 6 nov 2023Synapse (Matrix)→ AGPL-3.0
Permisos
- Uso comercial
- Modificación
- Distribución
- Uso privado
- Concesión de patentes
Condiciones
- Mantener el aviso de copyright
- Indicar los cambios
Limitaciones
- Sin responsabilidad
- Sin garantía
- Sin derechos de marca
Escenarios extremos · Licencias de código
- A1PermitidoUn proveedor cloud vende tu proyecto como servicio gestionado
- A2PermitidoAlguien hace un fork y distribuye un competidor de código cerradoDebe marcar los archivos modificados
- A3PermitidoIntegrado en un backend SaaS de código cerrado (sin distribución)
- A4PermitidoEnlazado en una app o firmware de código cerrado y distribuido
- A5La licencia lo impideAlguien promociona una versión modificada con tu nombre o marca
- A6PermitidoAlguien vende copias sin modificar
- B1La licencia lo impideUn usuario te demanda por patentes y sigue usando el códigoLa licencia de patentes termina
- B2La licencia lo impideUn contribuidor reclama patentes sobre el código que aportóConcesión expresa de patentes
- B3No reguladoUn conflicto internacional: ley aplicable y jurisdicción
- C1Con condicionesMás adelante cambias la licencia o vendes licencias comerciales (sin CLA)Igual que MIT
- C2PermitidoTu código se integra en un proyecto GPL-3.0Pero no es compatible con GPL-2.0
- C3La licencia lo impideUsas una dependencia GPL-3.0 y aun así publicas bajo esta licencia
- C4PermitidoEl proyecto se abandona y alguien lo continúa con un fork
- C5La licencia lo impideQuieres bloquear solo a grandes empresas o competidores
- C6No reguladoUn empleado escribió código clave y la empresa se opone a abrirlo
- D1La licencia lo impideAlguien elimina los avisos de copyright o de atribución
- D2La licencia lo impideAlguien modifica archivos sin indicar los cambios
- D3PermitidoModificación interna, sin distribución ni servicio externo
- D4PermitidoSe usa para fines militares, de vigilancia u otros que rechazas
- D5No reguladoLo usa una entidad sancionada
- D6No reguladoTu código se usa para entrenar un modelo de IA
Radar del peor caso
- 1Frena el aprovechamiento0
- 2Frena los forks cerrados0
- 3Protección de patentes100
- 4Fricción de adopción0
- 5Dificultad para relicenciar50
Calculado a partir de la matriz de escenarios. Más alto significa más de esa propiedad, no "mejor".
Escenarios extremos · Licencias de modelos y datos
- E1PermitidoLos pesos se usan para fines militares, vigilancia o desinformación
- E2PermitidoDestilación o entrenamiento de otros modelos con sus salidas
- E3PermitidoUna empresa a hiperescala lo usa comercialmente
- E4PermitidoSe ajusta, se renombra y se publica como pesos cerrados
- E5PermitidoUn conjunto de datos se usa comercialmente y se redistribuye
- E6La licencia lo impideQuieres permitir solo el uso para investigación
Radar del peor caso
- 1Control del mal uso0
- 2Control de derivados0
- 3Control comercial0
- 4Fricción de adopción0
Calculado a partir de la matriz de escenarios. Más alto significa más de esa propiedad, no "mejor".
Comparar con…
- Apache-2.0+LLVM
- BSD-2
- BSD-3
- Boost-1.0
- ISC
- MIT
- MIT-0
- MulanPSL-2.0
- PostgreSQL
- Unicode-3.0
- Unlicense
- UPL-1.0
- Zlib
- APSL-2.0
- Artistic-2.0
- CDDL-1.0
- EPL-1.0
- EPL-2.0
- GPL-2.0+CPE
- LGPL-2.1
- LGPL-3.0
- LPPL-1.3c
- MPL-2.0
- Perl-5
- GPL-2.0
- GPL-3.0
- AGPL-3.0
- BSL-1.1
- Confluent CL
- ELv2
- FSL-1.1
- RSALv2
- SSPL-1.0
- Baichuan 2
- BLOOM RAIL 1.0
- ChatGLM License
- DeepSeek License
- Falcon License 2.0
- FLUX.1-dev NC
- Gemma
- Hunyuan Community
- Llama
- Mistral Research
- NVIDIA Open Model
- OpenRAIL-M
- Stability Community
- Qwen License
- CC BY 4.0
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- CC0
- CDLA-Permissive-1.0
- Etalab-2.0
- GFDL-1.3
- ODbL-1.0
- ODC-By-1.0
- OFL-1.1
- OGL-UK-3.0
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