{"id":"Apache-1.1","title":"Apache License, Version 1.1","reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","reviewer":"Giray Havur","text_source":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spdx/license-list-data/main/text/Apache-1.1.txt","text_retrieved":true,"verdict":"corrected","summary":"The record models the 1.1 license as a BSD-style permissive license with an acknowledgement clause and two name restrictions. dalicc:PromotionSpecification holds the acknowledgement of clause 3, dalicc:additionalClauses the naming restriction of clause 5, and dalicc:promote is prohibited for clause 4. The notice duty was attached to distribution only, although clauses 1 and 2 apply to every redistribution \"with or without modification\".","findings":[{"rubric":5,"severity":"major","field":"odrl:duty","description":"Clause 1 reads: \"Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer\", and the whole condition block is introduced by \"Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met\". The cc:Notice duty was on odrl:distribute only. Added it to odrl:modify and odrl:derive.","action":"applied","change":"odrl:duty [ a odrl:Duty ;\n        odrl:action cc:Notice ] ;\n"},{"rubric":4,"severity":"info","field":"odrl:prohibition","description":"dalicc:promote is prohibited and clause 4 supports it: \"The names \\\"Apache\\\" and \\\"Apache Software Foundation\\\" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission.\"","action":"none"},{"rubric":5,"severity":"info","field":"odrl:duty","description":"dalicc:rename on odrl:modify is supported by clause 5: \"Products derived from this software may not be called \\\"Apache\\\" nor may \\\"Apache\\\" appear in their name\". It is not attached to odrl:derive, where the same clause applies.","action":"proposed","change":"# add to the odrl:derive permission\nodrl:duty [ a odrl:Duty ;\n        odrl:action dalicc:rename ] ;\n"},{"rubric":8,"severity":"info","field":"vocabulary","description":"Version 1.1 grants no patent rights and has no patent retaliation clause. That is the substantive difference from version 2.0 and it is invisible in the model, because neither record can express a patent grant. See the Apache-2.0 record.","action":"none"},{"rubric":2,"severity":"minor","field":"odrl:target","description":"The asset collection lists dalicc:CreativeWork and dcmitype:Dataset next to dcmitype:Software. The 1.1 text speaks only of software and its documentation.","action":"proposed","change":"# remove dcmitype:Dataset from odrl:target\n"},{"rubric":10,"severity":"major","field":"record","description":"Standard-license addition of 2026-09-15, decision 9: the record was corrected against its new siblings and versioned. The review's finding on family consistency: cc:attributionName and dct:publisher both began with a space.","action":"applied"}],"family":"Apache Software Foundation (1.1, 2.0)","port_of":null,"variant_kind":"version","notes":"Superseded by version 2.0 in 2004 but still attached to older Apache releases."}