Apache protects the OSS software from patent infringement suits and applies to all IP incorporated in it.
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in other words, and this is important: Apache is about protecting the open source project from suits. PATENTS is about protecting Facebook.
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So, now I'm genuinely confused. You've convinced me that a license that applies to all contributors equally would be more morally correct 1/
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The thing that confuses me is that patents' default is that they are protected. The licenses in question (FB, Apache) *tear down* those 2/
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protections (subject to revocation under certain circumstances). So it's more like FB is a blanket *hole* in the wall for 1 contributor 3/
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whereas Apache is a blanket hole in the wall for all contributors. I feel like I probably am misunderstanding your argument, tho. 4/4
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1: The point of Apache is to protect users of the OSS from lawsuits by other users by making *all* patents incorporated into the OSSpic.twitter.com/C3lTIwwt0t
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2: subject to revocation if a user sues *anyone* using the OSS for patent infringement. It is important that it covers all of the patents,
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3: because its goal is to protect *users*. In contrast, the Facebook license is about protecting *Facebook*, so it protects
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4: lawsuits against *any* Facebook patent (related or otherwise) and *no* patents from other contribs.
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5/5: it's not a technical difference. It's a difference of goal.
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, helps me understand. Clarifying q: if FB deleted PATENTS tomorrow, do you agree FB would have strictly more legal rights than today?0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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