.</p><p>Istio is an open source project, released under the Apache 2.0 license. That means people can copy, modify, distribute, make, use and sell the source code. The only freedom people don&rsquo;t have under the Apache 2.0 license is to use the name Istio, or its logo, in a way that would confuse consumers.</p><p>As one of the founders of the project, Google is the current owner of the Istio trademark. While anyone who is using the software in accordance with the license can use the trademarks, the histo