is-the-license class=question>What is the license?</h5><div class=answer><p>Istio uses the <a href=https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html>Apache License 2.0</a>.</p></div><h5 id=how-was-istio-started class=question>How was Istio started?</h5><div class=answer><p>The Istio project was started by teams from Google and IBM in partnership with the Envoy team from Lyft. It&rsquo;s been
developed fully in the open on GitHub.</p></div><h5 id=what-deployment-environment class=question>What deployment envi