luence/display/FLINK/FLIP-189%3A&#43;SQL&#43;Client&#43;Usability&#43;Improvements">FLIP-189: SQL Client Usability Improvements</a></li>
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  Apache Pekko instead of Akka
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<p>A year ago, <a href="https://flink.apache.org/2022/09/08/regarding-akkas-licensing-change/">Lightbend announced</a> changing the
license of future versions of Akka (2.7+) from Apache 2.0 to BSL. It was also announced that Akka 