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Re:Supabase OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Pos... by nightpool on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @01:32PM (#45201023)
Cypher in a sibling comment makes a good argument that this was the same logic (patent termination for legitimate, non-licensed patent claims) that got Facebook in trouble: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199687
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Re:Supabase OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Pos... by cyphar on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @08:03PM (#45205891)
I re-read the text again and it's even worse than the Facebook one -- the entire license terminates in reaction to any litigation, not just patent litigation. Hypothetically, a former employee suing Supabase for violation of workers' rights would not be allowed to use the software anymore.

But they have switched to Apache 2.0 now, so crisis averted.

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