Akka actor runtime licensing shift at 2.8 boundary affects production upgrade path
Licensing boundary between Akka 2.6 LTS and 2.8+ The Akka actor runtime (Classic and Typed) ships under Apache 2.0 through the 2.6 LTS line. Starting with Akka 2.8, the same runtime artifacts are distributed under Business Source License 1.1, which restricts certain production uses unless a commercial agreement is in place. The license converts to Apache 2.0
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