Apache-2.0 is a permissive licence. For OSI it supported by an important community of developers. You can do what you like with the software, as long as you include the required notices. Compared with the MIT, recipients receive a patent licence from the contributors of the code. Applicable law / competent court are not specified
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
Covers both the GPL-2.0 (the "historical" free software license), the GPL-3.0 and possible later versions. Supported by a strong community (the Free Software Foundation - FSF). Copy, modification and distribution authorised. Changes/dates must be traced in source files. Any derivative must also be made available under one or more of these GPL versions. Compatibility / interoperability are known sources of tension when a project combines the covered code with non-GPL sources from other stakeholders, because according to the FSF linking other software to GPLed works extends the GPL coverage to these other programs. Licensing under "GPL-2.0 or later" may be recommended since it is compatible with all GPL versions (2 and 3). At the contrary, licensing under "GPL-2.0-only" is not compatible with GPL-3.0.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
The less restrictive Creative Commons Attribution licence is this international version 4, which gives recipients maximum freedom to do what they want with the work of the licensor. Recipents redistributing the work must give credit to the original author of the work (= attribution) and state changes if any, including a URL or link to the original work, this CC-BY licence and a copyright notice. Author can request to remove any attribution given information. Recipients re-distributing the work to third parties may not apply legal terms or technological measures (like Tivoisation) that legally restrict the rights granted by the licence. OKF (Open Knowledge Fundation) recommends this licence. The European Commission has adopted CC-BY-4.0 for sharing documents.
ISC License
ISC is a short and permissive software license (like MIT and BSD). Main obligation is to include the original copyright notice. For reducing licence proliferation, it is advised to use the MIT licence instead.
Use/reproduce
Apache-2.0 can use/reproduce.
GPL-2.0+ can use/reproduce.
CC-BY-4.0 can use/reproduce.
ISC can use/reproduce.
Distribute
Apache-2.0 can distribute.
GPL-2.0+ can distribute.
CC-BY-4.0 can distribute.
ISC can distribute.
Modify/merge
Apache-2.0 can modify/merge.
GPL-2.0+ can modify/merge.
CC-BY-4.0 can modify/merge.
ISC can modify/merge.
Sublicense
Apache-2.0 can sublicense.
GPL-2.0+ can not sublicense.
CC-BY-4.0 can not sublicense.
ISC can sublicense.
Commercial use
Apache-2.0 can commercial use.
GPL-2.0+ can commercial use.
CC-BY-4.0 can commercial use.
ISC can commercial use.
Use patents
Apache-2.0 can use patents.
GPL-2.0+ can use patents.
CC-BY-4.0 can not use patents.
ISC can not use patents.
Place warranty
Apache-2.0 can place warranty.
GPL-2.0+ can place warranty.
CC-BY-4.0 can not place warranty.
ISC can not place warranty.
Must
Incl. Copyright
Apache-2.0 must incl. copyright.
GPL-2.0+ must incl. copyright.
CC-BY-4.0 must incl. copyright.
ISC must incl. copyright.
Royalty free
Apache-2.0 must not royalty free.
GPL-2.0+ must not royalty free.
CC-BY-4.0 must not royalty free.
ISC must not royalty free.
State changes
Apache-2.0 must state changes.
GPL-2.0+ must state changes.
CC-BY-4.0 must state changes.
ISC must not state changes.
Disclose source
Apache-2.0 must not disclose source.
GPL-2.0+ must disclose source.
CC-BY-4.0 must not disclose source.
ISC must not disclose source.
Copyleft/Share a.
Apache-2.0 must not copyleft/share a..
GPL-2.0+ must copyleft/share a..
CC-BY-4.0 must not copyleft/share a..
ISC must not copyleft/share a..
Lesser copyleft
Apache-2.0 must not lesser copyleft.
GPL-2.0+ must not lesser copyleft.
CC-BY-4.0 must not lesser copyleft.
ISC must not lesser copyleft.
SaaS/network
Apache-2.0 must not saas/network .
GPL-2.0+ must not saas/network .
CC-BY-4.0 must not saas/network .
ISC must not saas/network .
Include licence
Apache-2.0 must include licence.
GPL-2.0+ must not include licence.
CC-BY-4.0 must not include licence.
ISC must not include licence.
Rename modifs.
Apache-2.0 must not rename modifs..
GPL-2.0+ must not rename modifs..
CC-BY-4.0 must not rename modifs..
ISC must not rename modifs..
Cannot
Hold liable
Apache-2.0 cannot hold liable.
GPL-2.0+ cannot hold liable.
CC-BY-4.0 cannot not hold liable.
ISC cannot hold liable.
Use trademark
Apache-2.0 cannot use trademark.
GPL-2.0+ cannot not use trademark.
CC-BY-4.0 cannot not use trademark.
ISC cannot not use trademark.
Commerce
Apache-2.0 cannot not commerce.
GPL-2.0+ cannot not commerce.
CC-BY-4.0 cannot not commerce.
ISC cannot not commerce.
Modify
Apache-2.0 cannot not modify.
GPL-2.0+ cannot not modify.
CC-BY-4.0 cannot not modify.
ISC cannot not modify.
Ethical clauses
Apache-2.0 cannot not ethical clauses.
GPL-2.0+ cannot not ethical clauses.
CC-BY-4.0 cannot not ethical clauses.
ISC cannot not ethical clauses.
Pub sector only
Apache-2.0 cannot not pub sector only.
GPL-2.0+ cannot not pub sector only.
CC-BY-4.0 cannot not pub sector only.
ISC cannot not pub sector only.
Sublicence
Apache-2.0 cannot not sublicence.
GPL-2.0+ cannot sublicence.
CC-BY-4.0 cannot not sublicence.
ISC cannot not sublicence.
Compatible
None N/A
Apache-2.0 is not compatible with none n/a.
GPL-2.0+ is not compatible with none n/a.
CC-BY-4.0 is compatible with none n/a.
ISC is not compatible with none n/a.
Permissive
Apache-2.0 is compatible with permissive.
GPL-2.0+ is not compatible with permissive.
CC-BY-4.0 is compatible with permissive.
ISC is compatible with permissive.
GPL
Apache-2.0 is compatible with gpl.
GPL-2.0+ is compatible with gpl.
CC-BY-4.0 is not compatible with gpl.
ISC is compatible with gpl.
Other copyleft
Apache-2.0 is compatible with other copyleft.
GPL-2.0+ is not compatible with other copyleft.
CC-BY-4.0 is not compatible with other copyleft.
ISC is not compatible with other copyleft.
Linking freedom
Apache-2.0 is compatible with linking freedom.
GPL-2.0+ is not compatible with linking freedom.
CC-BY-4.0 is not compatible with linking freedom.
ISC is compatible with linking freedom.
Multilingual
Apache-2.0 is not compatible with multilingual.
GPL-2.0+ is not compatible with multilingual.
CC-BY-4.0 is compatible with multilingual.
ISC is not compatible with multilingual.
For data and metadata
Apache-2.0 is not compatible with for data and metadata.
GPL-2.0+ is not compatible with for data and metadata.
CC-BY-4.0 is compatible with for data and metadata.
