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I'd really like to see that written black on white,though.

• TimTheTinker 9y ago
  The fact that MIT and BSD licensed code (implicit patent impunity) can be re-licensed under the Apache license (explicit patent impunity) is enough evidence for me. Reference: http://apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a http://apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a
  • ec109685 9y ago
    What does re-licensed mean? You can’t take mit licensed code and slap a Apache License on it.
    • TimTheTinker 9y ago
      You can create a derivative work and license that under Apache.
      • ec109685 9y ago
        Not if it uses copyrighted MIT licensed code.
• DannyBee 9y ago
  Black and white is not as good as everyone seems to think. There are reasons you don't enumerate every possibility ;) (courts will then interpret that as a complete list, instead of extending it to cover similar situations) If you had black and white fair use, for example, you'd just be railing against the fact that courts wouldn't extend it to cover new similar thing X. Black and white is good for establishing baselines in law (IE "these things over here are definitely okay, and everything else should be judged by these factors" It's rarely that great if you are trying to make a license that stands the test of time and march of technology.