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by jsprogrammer 3544 days ago
What is the problem with the MIT license and patents?

The MIT license grants explicit rights to deal in the software without restriction.

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A copyright license is not necessarily the same as a patent grant... Apache 2 does contain a patent grant, and an even bigger nuclear deterrent similar to Facebook's separate grant with MIT.
The MIT license is not a copyright license (though, copyright is claimed). It is a license for unrestricted dealings in the software subject to certain conditions (no warranty or fitness, appropriate notices given, etc.).