<s>
The	O
Academic	B-License
Free	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
AFL	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
permissive	B-License
free	I-License
software	I-License
license	I-License
written	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Lawrence	O
E	O
.	O
Rosen	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
general	O
counsel	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Initiative	O
(	O
OSI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
license	O
grants	O
similar	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
MIT	B-License
,	O
UoI/NCSA	B-License
and	O
Apache	B-Application
licenses	I-Application
licenses	O
allowing	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
proprietary	B-Application
but	O
was	O
written	O
to	O
correct	O
perceived	O
problems	O
with	O
those	O
licenses	O
,	O
the	O
AFL	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
consider	O
all	O
AFL	O
versions	O
through	O
3.0	O
as	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
though	O
Eric	O
S	O
.	O
Raymond	O
(	O
a	O
co-founder	O
of	O
the	O
OSI	O
)	O
contends	O
that	O
AFL	O
3.0	O
is	O
GPL	B-License
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2006	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
OSI	O
's	O
License	B-License
Proliferation	I-License
Committee	O
found	O
it	O
"	O
redundant	O
with	O
more	O
popular	O
licenses	O
"	O
,	O
specifically	O
version	O
2	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Software	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
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