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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by vedanta on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @03:24AM (#14802531)
Can't believe how great it is that a developer needs to check the license of open source libraries before using them.
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by Zzzen on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @04:46AM (#14802815)
To be specific, it is an open source developer
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by vedanta on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @06:23AM (#14803251)
In this case, but really anyone using the library could be affected if found infringing on patents within the library.
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