That makes me believe there is no protection against contributor patents in the Apache 2.0 license...
At least they won't sue you if you use it under Windows.
At least they won't sue you if you use it under Windows.
Sorry for those offended by my doubts.
Yesterday, for instance, Oracle made a huge PR splash in the MySQL space. One can't ignore it.
I say it here, it comes out there. :-)
I've been able to observe Microsoft for about 30 years and one thing you learn is that they play hard. They too are very consistent.
some companies (Microsoft among them) may be taking strategic positions
to disrupt the free and open-source software ecosystems
Nice to join the party, some "Free Software proponents" have been doing that for years, doing nothing but going around and pissing on other people's efforts.And now I know Apache has an explicit patent grant, something I didn't just 7 hours ago.
BTW, I upvoted equark's comment. And thanks for pointing me to my previous comment: I forgot to add the "but, karma, burn" part...