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MIT/X11 come from a kindler, gentler era, and so lack a patent release, which is a huge flaw nowadays. Is there any legitimate reason one would select MIT/X11
by SeanLuke 8y ago
MIT/X11 come from a kindler, gentler era, and so lack a patent release, which is a huge flaw nowadays. Is there any legitimate reason one would select MIT/X11 over Apache?
- mlinksva 8y agoOne or more of: one might prefer MIT's simplicity (both the text itself, and the what's needed to comply) relative to Apache-2.0, one might not like the specifics of the latter's patent terms, one might consider the former's arguable implicit patent license good enough https://opensource.com/article/18/3/patent-grant-mit-license https://opensource.com/article/18/3/patent-grant-mit-license