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Re:Re: License for Google's patent by wingo on Friday April 23, 2010 @10:48AM (#1288176)
What does that mail really mean? Does the patent grant extend to end users of Hadoop, or just the Apache foundation? What about users who patch their Hadoop? Is it revocable?

I'm sure there is good will here, but the system is disgusting.

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Re:Re: License for Google's patent by brainlounge on Friday April 23, 2010 @11:33AM (#1288319)
Google granted the license under the Apache License terms, and through distribution of Hadoop these extend to the end users of Hadoop under the very same Apache license. (AFAIUI, IANAL)
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