{"id":2799,"date":"2018-10-21T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/sinapse-blog.php53-6.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/2063"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:58:06","slug":"apache-license-version-2-0-copyright-patent-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/apache-license-version-2-0-copyright-patent-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Apache License, Version 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Publication Date: 10th November 2008<\/span><\/p>\n

The Apache License applies to all software contributed by Apache or any other person under the license.<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright and Patent License<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe license grants both copyright and patent rights over any software distributed under the license the licensee (any person receiving or using a software under the license.). The license grants the following rights under the copyright law:<\/span><\/p>\n

Right to reproduce the software;<\/span>
\nRight to modify the software;<\/span>
\nRight to publicly display;<\/span>
\nRight to publicly perform;<\/span>
\nRight to sub-license; and the<\/span>
\nRight to distribute the software in the form of object or source code.<\/span>
\nIf a person contributing a software under the license holds a patent over the software, the license provides the following patent rights to the licensee:<\/span>
\nRight to make the software;<\/span>
\nRight to get the software made by another person;<\/span>
\nRight to use the software;<\/span>
\nRight to offer the software for sale;<\/span>
\nRight to import the software; and the<\/span>
\nRight to transfer the software to any person.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patent suit<\/strong><\/span>
\nIf a licensee files a suit alleging patent violation, the license given to the licensee over the software will immediately terminate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Distribution<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe license allows any person to reproduce and distribute the software or the modified software under the following conditions:<\/span>
\nThe license has to be distributed along with the software or its modified form.<\/span>
\nAll copyright, trademark, patent and attribution notices should not be changed while re-distributing the software.<\/span>
\nIf the modified version of the software is distributed, a prominent notice about the modification has to accompany the software.<\/span>
\nAll notices accompanying the software should be kept intact while distributing the modified versions of the software.<\/span>
\nA new copyright notice may be added by the author, while distributing the modified version of the software.<\/span>
\nThe author of the modified version may also provide additional or different license terms and conditions for use, reproduction, or distribution of the modifications as long as such terms comply with this license.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trademarks<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe License does not allow any person to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of a person who contributes a software under this license. Such marks or names may be used only to indicate the origin of the work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Warranty and Liability<\/strong><\/span>
\nAny person who distributes a software under this license does not give any express or implied warranty over the software. The liability of such a person is limited and he\/she is not liable for any direct or indirect damages relating to the software. However, any person distributing the software may give a warranty or accept liability while distributing a software under this license.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Apache License Version 2.0 provides structured rights and obligations for software distribution and modification in India. It addresses copyright, patent rights, liability, and trademark use with a clear legal framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":14,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,45,14],"tags":[7208,6632,5,7382,187,753,9190,9232],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copyrights","category-intellectual-property","category-open-source-licensing","category-patents","tag-apache-license","tag-copyright-law-india","tag-intellectual-property","tag-legal-compliance","tag-open-source-software","tag-patent-law-india","tag-software-distribution","tag-software-licenses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137306,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions\/137306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}