[License-review] avoid gray areas?

[Russ Nelson]

Chad Perrin writes:
 > On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 09:03:34AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
 > > Russ,
 > > 
 > > >> By Bruce's own logic, we should be telling people to avoid gray areas.
 > > >> Thus, if Bruce is
 > > >> correct, we should deprecate the BSD and many other licenses.
 > > 
 > > I don't buy this argument at all.   There's a world of difference
 > > between a license which does not address patents at all, and one which
 > > specifically excludes any grant of patent rights.
 > 
 > I don't think these two statements are really very closely linked.
 > 
 > 1. "Bruce [is] telling people to avoid gray areas."
 > 
 > 2. "[A very black-and-white issue applies to CC0.]"

You are correct. They are not linked at all. You need a third
statement to link them.

3. The BSD, MIT, and many other licenses have gray areas because they
don't come with patent grants.

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