📜 LICENSE CLASS: 🔓 PERMISSIVE
Executive Summary: What is it?
The Apache 2.0 is an OSI-Approved, modern permissive license. Like MIT, it allows full commercial use. Crucially, it includes an explicit patent grant, protecting you from patent lawsuits from the contributors.
CFO / Business Impact: What does it cost/risk?
High Asset Security. Beyond being free to use, this license reduces legal liability regarding software patents. If you use this software, the creators cannot sue you for patent infringement related to their contribution.
Technical Reality: How does it work?
Slightly more formal than MIT. If you modify files, you must include a notice stating that you changed them.