Apache style issue

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> writes:
> > There is a patent grant clause which is *far* from trivial.
> Yes, but that grants rights, it doesn't restrict rights!  (Except
> for the right to sue in certain cases, which I already noticed.)

No, it places additional conditions on the licensee's right to
distribute.

You have to keep your tongue straight when you read those things.  There
are three distinct roles:

 1) the original author of the software (licensor)

 2) a party that receives and uses a copy of the software (licensee)

 3) a party that receives a copy of the software and redistributes it.

I believe you made the mistake of focussing exclusively on 2) and
forgetting about 3).

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no