Apache disallows the Facebook BSD+patent license

Software patents may not have brought about the free-software apocalypse that some have feared over the years, but they remain a minefield for the software industry as a whole. A small-scale example of this can be seen in the recent decision by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to move a license with patent-related terms to its "Category-X" list of licenses that cannot be used by ASF projects. A number of projects will be scrambling to replace software dependencies on a short timeline, all because Facebook wanted to clarify its patent-licensing terms.

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