Appium for commerical use

sandy17 2014-12-11 10:49:18 UTC #1

Hi, I am currently using Appium for my personal app testing and I am planning to use Appium in a testing tool which is commercial in nature.

My question is, Can Appium be used in a commercial version?

Thanks.

JohnBinish 2014-12-11 11:38:18 UTC #2

Appium is an open source project. Check the Appium Philosophy.

sandy17 2014-12-11 14:28:39 UTC #3

Thanks John. Appium is an open source project and that's great.

Even Selenium is an open source project. but they have a Web page "http://docs.seleniumhq.org/about/license.jsp" stating "All Selenium projects are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License."

I couldn't find similar on Appium website. Please pardon me if it is there and I couldn't find it.

JohnBinish 2014-12-11 14:30:52 UTC #4

github.com

appium/appium/blob/master/LICENSE

Copyright 2012-2016 Sauce Labs, Inc.

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.

suayipozmen 2016-01-23 12:48:51 UTC #5

@JohnBinish Appium license was changed "Appium Committers" to "Copyright 2012-2016 Sauce Labs, Inc."
Is it still allowed to use appium in commertial products?

What do you think about copyright license in an open source project?