# Any plans to build akka-http-backend for non-apache licensed version of akka (\> 2.6.20)

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**Created:** [April 1, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://softwaremill.community/t/any-plans-to-build-akka-http-backend-for-non-apache-licensed-version-of-akka-2-6-20/484 "2025-04-01T12:31:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![maslovalex](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/softwaremill.community/maslovalex/32/317_2.png) [@maslovalex](https://softwaremill.community/u/maslovalex)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://softwaremill.community/t/any-plans-to-build-akka-http-backend-for-non-apache-licensed-version-of-akka-2-6-20/484/1 "2025-04-01T12:31:33Z")

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Hi,

Current `akka-http-backend` artifacts are only available for Scala2.  
Latest version of `akka-http:10.7.0` and `akka-stream:2.10.2` which all have already Scala3 support.

What are the plans for `akka-http-backend` ?

Waiting 3 years till BSL version reverts to Apache 2 and then build with that version? Then, I guess, it is somewhere in March 2026 as the 1st scala3 artifacts are `akka:2.8.0` (March 2023) and `akka-http:10.5.0` (February 2023)  
or  
build `akka-http-backend` with the latest `akka` dependencies? Not sure how to deal with licenses (maybe just mentioning somewhere that you need a commercial license to run `akka`)

-Alex

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**Author:** ![adamw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/softwaremill.community/adamw/32/28_2.png) [@adamw](https://softwaremill.community/u/adamw)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://softwaremill.community/t/any-plans-to-build-akka-http-backend-for-non-apache-licensed-version-of-akka-2-6-20/484/2 "2025-04-01T13:40:44Z")

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I don’t think an Apache2-licensed project can or should depend on code that is propietary-licensed. So for now I think March 2026 seems to be the date when we could include an akka-http build for Scala 3.

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**Author:** ![maslovalex](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/softwaremill.community/maslovalex/32/317_2.png) [@maslovalex](https://softwaremill.community/u/maslovalex)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://softwaremill.community/t/any-plans-to-build-akka-http-backend-for-non-apache-licensed-version-of-akka-2-6-20/484/3 "2025-04-01T13:58:40Z")

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Kind of agree with you. It is still sad, but understandable.

… exploring my options 🙂

Thx 🤝