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"Programmers on Wednesday released the new version 3.0 of SpamAssassin, open-source software for filtering out unwanted e-mail, but the changes are as much legal as technological.

"Project leaders for the widely used software chose to enter the fold of the Apache Software Foundation to take advantage of the nonprofit group’s legal and technical resources. To make the move, SpamAssassin had to adopt the Apache License.

"Previously, the software was available under a choice of two licenses: the General Public License  that governs Linux and many other open-source programs and the Perl Artistic License."

Stephen Shankland. SpamAssassin Sports New Open-Source License. News.com. Sept. 22, 2004.