The README mentions:
- Update LICENSE with a license of your choice
Update copyright notices to reflect your license in:
- NOTICE
- pom.xml
- src/main/mal/exampleLang.mal
- src/test/java/org/mal_lang/examplelang/test/*.java
If someone where to license the derivative work with for example GPLv2 it would be incompatible.
Also, Section 4 of the Apache license requires that the NOTICE file and the copyright notices are kept in derivative works which is the exact opposite of what the README allows someone to do.