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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by bryanrasmussen on Sunday July 16, 2017 @03:04AM (#14780902)
Facebook BSD+Patents FAQ https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by pdfernhout on Sunday July 16, 2017 @08:16PM (#14784803)
But what that FAQ does not answer is: "Does the additional patent grant in the Facebook BSD+Patents license terminate if I sue Facebook because they violated one of my patents unrelated to the Facebook software?"

The answer to that one is, unfortunately, yes.

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