Apache Ant 1.6.1 is now available for download. This release features support for compiling with Java 1.5, fixes to problems such as the handling of the default namespace for nested elements, and the license attached is the new Apache License 2.0 (which may or may not be compatible with the GPL depending on who you talk too).

Announcement

Apache Ant 1.6.1 is now available for download [1].

The ASF Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0. For a copy of that license, please see http://www.apache.org/licenses/ [2].

The Ant 1.6.1 release is delivered with the Apache License 2.0.

Ant 1.6.1 fixes several bugs, most notably the handling of the default namespace for nested elements.

Ant 1.6.1 also introduces initial support for compiling with Java 1.5.

[1] http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
[2] http://www.apache.org/licenses/

Ant 1.6.1 release notes
http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/RELEASE-NOTES-1.6.1.html

Ant 1.6.0 release notes
http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/RELEASE-NOTES-1.6.0.html