<s>
The	O
Educational	B-License
Community	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
ECL	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
license	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
license	I-Application
(	O
version	O
2.0	O
)	O
and	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
specific	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
academic	O
community	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
representatives	O
of	O
the	O
Sakai	B-Language
Project	I-Language
and	O
Kuali	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
were	O
in	O
attendance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ECL	O
version	O
2.0	O
was	O
approved	O
by	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Initiative	O
in	O
the	O
Summer	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
lists	O
it	O
as	O
being	O
a	O
"	O
GPL-Compatible	O
Free	O
Software	O
License	O
"	O
that	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
version	O
3	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
but	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
GPLv2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EDUCAUSE	O
(	O
Ref	O
2	O
below	O
)	O
says	O
of	O
the	O
ECL	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
is	O
essentially	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
license	I-Application
with	O
a	O
modification	O
of	O
the	O
patent	O
language	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
workable	O
for	O
many	O
colleges	O
and	O
universities.	O
"	O
</s>
