Appium for commerical use

sandy17 · December 11, 2014, 10:49am

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 · December 11, 2014, 11:38am

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

sandy17 · December 11, 2014, 2:28pm

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 · December 11, 2014, 2:30pm

github.com

appium/appium/blob/master/LICENSE

                                 Apache License
                           Version 2.0, January 2004
                        http://www.apache.org/licenses/

   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

   1. Definitions.

      "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
      and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.

      "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by
      the copyright owner that is granting the License.

      "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all
      other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common
      control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition,
      "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the
      direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or
      otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the

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suayipozmen · January 23, 2016, 12:48pm

@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?