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Re:Supabase OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Pos... by 916c0553e164269 on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @08:13AM (#45196526)
Apache 2.0 has a better patent clause - against hostile IP claims, so tax dispute is not terminate the OrioleDB license:

"If You institute patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work or a Contribution incorporated within the Work constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed."

https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0

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Re:Supabase OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Pos... by crote on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @10:51AM (#45198632)
It also seems a lot less strict on what is being terminated.

On violation the Apache 2.0 license terminates the patent license. I might be mistaken, but that reads an awful lot like you're still allowed to use the software provided you do so in a way which doesn't violate the patent.

On the other hand, the OrioleDB license seems to terminate the entire license - so the way I read this it would include parts of the software which aren't covered under the patent itself.

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Re:Supabase OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Pos... by cyphar on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:14PM (#45199844)
MPLv2 has a stronger version of this (I also personally prefer in general to Apache-2.0).
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Re:Supabase OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Pos... by kiwicopple on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:29PM (#45200083)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45200014
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