Although all Chris DiBona’s interview at derstandard.at is interesting, I’d like to point to this fragment:
derStandard.at: Why did you choose the Apache license as a default?
Chris DiBona: We really like it, it has a couple of things which make it very modern. Obviously you are getting a copyright grant, you are free to use and modify the software - like with all open source licenses. But it also says for any patents that we have in relation to that software we are giving you a license free of charge, and your users can too. The only exception is, if you sue us - well you don’t have that grant anymore. If you don’t - it’s yours, you don’t have to worry about us sneaking up on you later.
That’s a very good reason to use the Apache License (version 2.0) over MIT or BSD licenses.
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