Apache style issue

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Thu Aug 20 23:02:50 UTC 2009


John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> writes:
> > No, it places additional conditions on the licensee's right to
> > distribute.
> I don't see it.

Sorry, you're right - I initially read it as "by distributing this
software, you grant the recipient an unlimited license to any applicable
patents", but it's actually (in conjunction with other parts of the
license) "by sending us patches, you grant...", so it falls into the ToS
category.

DES
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