On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Isaac Schlueter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apache2 has much more thorough coverage of patents and other IP stuff,
> but I dislike it because it's so long and tedious, and I distrust long
> legal documents for the same reason that I distrust large programs.
> You should use it if you care about patent issues, or if you like pink
> feathers.

With the benefit of hindsight, the Apache license might have been a
better choice for node.js.  It would have reduced - probably removed -
the need for a CLA.

That said, patents are mostly an American issue.  I release most of my
personal stuff under the ISC license, which is like MIT but with even
less boilerplate.

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