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...and the Apache 2.0 license belongs to a short list of licenses that have been extensively reviewed and can be trusted.

Every time someone comes up with a new license, the review work must be redone to ensure it respects the philosophy of Open Source. Which is why I prefer project published under well-known licenses (GPL2/3, LGPL, Apache, Mozilla, BSD, ...).




The package in question is licensed under BSD 3-clause license. I'm guessing the patent file is included as well to cover their bases.


BSD is generally viewed to have an implied patent license. The patent file is usually there to give you a different set of rights than you would have gotten, be it good or bad (and i've seen both :P)




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