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How would BSD help? It doesn't include a patent license.

• noonespecial 16y ago
  Skip the "patent and promise" dance and just release the damn thing BSD and forget about patents. (Implied, should have specified)
  • wmf 16y ago
    If you already have patents (as Sun did in this case) you can't just forget about them. Saying nothing about patents is equivalent to saying "some day we'll change our mind and start suing". If you want to make something really open you really need some kind of irrevocable license or promise not to sue.