> Your liberty doesn't include grabbing my hardware and software patents, thanks so very much. Liberty of use is a solved problem - it's the public domain, whic

> Your liberty doesn't include grabbing my hardware and software patents, thanks so very much. Liberty of use is a solved problem - it's the public domain, which MIT and BSD come very close to. If you think carefully on what you have said, you are contradicting yourself. How are you sure that you won't get sued for the patents used in the MIT software/library you use in your (proprietary) software (even if the original software developers are the patent owners)? In fact, GNU GPLv3 prohibits that, and ensures that you won't get sued for the patents from the original authors. I recommend you better get a lawyer, rather than saying that 'MIT/BSD is simple.' btw, IANYL, and IANAL. :) Thank you. Edit: Some says, there is implicit patent protection for MIT/BSD. But afaik, it is never tested in court. GNU GPL v3 gives explicit patent protection. Be at the safe side if you doubt. Edit2: If you agree with "there is an implicit patent protection for MIT/BSD" that means it "includes giving away (partially) your hardware and software patents." If then, why would you use MIT/BSD Rather than doing a GNU GPLv3+/non-free dual licensing (as do Qt or Odoo do), which would better serve your business?