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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...

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