PATENTS is a uniquely bad patent license.
But untested in court so yes let's push more people to use Apache.
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Here's the difference: virtually nobody with plain MIT licenses is *intending* to reserve the right to sue in some conditions.
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In contrast, Facebook is explicitly telling you that they *intend* to restrict the right to use the software to certain conditions.
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So if you ask Polymer to switch to Apache, chances are they'd say yes (subject legal boilerplate work).
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In contrast asking the same of React is perceived (accurately) as a very controversial attack on their license.
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