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Obligatory note that I'm not a lawyer, but it could potentially be argued that software distributed from Earth by means of rocket could retain the copyright license.
Without means of patent litigation in space (at this time), it could also potentially be argued that the License cannot be revoked on those grounds.
However, litigation could be filed (on Earth) for Contributions that are not licensable by their contributors.
TL;DR: If the Apache-2.0 licensed software is legally usable on Earth, it may legally be able to sent into space |
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Excerpt from the Apache-2.0 license:
... each Contributor hereby grants to You
a perpetual, worldwide ... copyright license ...
a perpetual, worldwide ... patent license ...
The copyright and patent grants are restricted: worldwide.
A satellite around Earth is arguably not included by that definition.
Or is it? What about software on the Moon or on Mars?
Is Apache-2.0 licensed software legally usable in space?
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