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I'm astounded how everyone things MIT == Apache2. MIT doesn't protect you from patent litigation. This is a backwards move. Facebook is very good at PR paintin

by alecco 9y ago

I'm astounded how everyone things MIT == Apache2. MIT doesn't protect you from patent litigation. This is a backwards move. Facebook is very good at PR painting this as a win for users. See http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Patent_clauses_in_software_licences#Apache_License_2.0 http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Patent_clauses_in_software_licences... an explanation https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1890 https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1890

uiri 9y ago
The MIT license does not explicitly mention patents. However, depending on the lawyer, an argument could be made that it contains an implicit patent license. I think that Facebook would have an uphill battle arguing that their relicensing didn't include patents after this kerfuffle.
- brodock 9y ago
  Exactly. This is like: "oh you didn't like to receive the patent under this terms, get this, no patents grant anymore"
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