Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate...
by bhickey on Sunday July 16, 2017 @10:11AM
(#14782013)
Still, be cautious. The OSI has approved a number of bad licenses. The UPL (https://opensource.org/licenses/UPL) stands out to me as one that should've been rejected.
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate...
by smichel17 on Sunday July 16, 2017 @10:53AM
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Why?
Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate...
by bhickey on Sunday July 16, 2017 @11:27AM
(#14782370)
The discussion around its approval was contentious. My reading is that it exists primarily as an Oracle CLA. The license wasn't rigorously reviewed by non-Oracle counsel and there's some worry about hidden landmines.
https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review/2014-A...
https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review/2014-S...