Re: Contract versus open source?
> explicitly written under the Apache Software license
I'd be bloody careful here. Unless and until they've actually issued that software in _public_ with that licence attached (public "Notice"), they could argue in Court that it was still an internal matter and had not been formally finalised, and as such had not yet been swapped out of normal IP situation into Apache.
If they've been providing the software publicly with this licence, this caveat won't apply. Just make sure you document/evidence the hell out of that before releasing any code: get screenshots, copies of signed contracts/receipts-or-invoices, the works.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
