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No, GPL doesn't ensure you won't get sued by patent-holders; only contributors who are patent holders. There is no implicit patent grant that comes along with
by Nomentatus 10y ago
No, GPL doesn't ensure you won't get sued by patent-holders; only contributors who are patent holders.
There is no implicit patent grant that comes along with MIT/BSD licenses.
"THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT."