And in answer to your question, off the shelf software is subject to exhaustion of IP rights, so question is moot! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaustion_of_intellectual_property_rights …
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I wasn't thinking about exhaustion! Might it apply to OSS software (recent changes only apply to "licenses" with significant usage restrict)
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My vague understanding (and I'm not a lawyer!) is that exhaustion requires a purchase, but I may be totally wrong.
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Honestly, if you are not a lawyer why are you chiming with armchair legal in every time there is a React Patents thread?
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Replying to @TheLarkInn @xander76 and
It’s funny because Vue + thousands of other projects use MIT but now they’re bitching about MIT
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Replying to @dabit3 @TheLarkInn and
Depends the origin of the OSS, I think
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Replying to @RyanTablada @dabit3 and
I think Apache is great. I don't think we're helping by spreading FUD about whether the most popular OSS (MIT) license is acceptable
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Replying to @wycats @RyanTablada and
Genuine question: do my worries about the MIT implicit patent license count as FUD for you?
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I’d be genuinely interested in documented cases where this license was a major concern / downfall for a software company.
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To be clear, I prefer licenses that are explicit re: patents, but MIT is fine! I just was a bit sad bc MIT isn't as good as BSD+PATENTS IMO.
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I think there are important ways in which MIT is superior to BSD+PATENTS. Notably, entangling OSS IP with bigco lawsuits in any way is bad.
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