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> That’s the actual safety from using something like MIT, BSD, or Apache ... it’s no strings attached This is very misleading. For example, [L]GPLv3 explicitly
by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> That’s the actual safety from using something like MIT, BSD, or Apache ... it’s no strings attached
This is very misleading. For example, [L]GPLv3 explicitly introduced clauses to protect developers from patent trolling and to grant trademark usage.
When releasing code you can be sued over patent issues or trademark infringement and MIT/BSD provides no protection.